Buin

Buin is a town on , and the capital of the South Bougainville District, in the , in eastern .
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Photo: Masalai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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  • Type: Town with 15,600 residents
  • Description: city on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea
  • Also known as: “Buin, Papua New Guinea”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Buin Airport.

Aerodrome
was an airport located near Kara, , .

Buin

Latitude
-6.74852° or 6° 44′ 55″ south
Longitude
155.69122° or 155° 41′ 28″ east
Population
15,600
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
IATA airport code
UBI
United Nations Location Code
PG UBI
Open location code
6R5Q7M2R+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2375612821
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2098923
Wiki­data ID
Q1187439
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Satellite Map

Discover Buin from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Buin” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Buin”
  • Cebuano: “Buin”
  • Chinese: “布因”
  • Czech: “Buin”
  • Dutch: “Buin, Papua New Guinea”
  • French: “Buin”
  • German: “Buin”
  • Italian: “Buin Rural”
  • Italian: “Buin”
  • Japanese: “ブイン”
  • Korean: “부인”
  • Persian: “بوئین”
  • Slovenian: “Buin”
  • Ukrainian: “Буїн”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Buin Market and Buin Health Center.

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