Papua New Guinea
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Kavieng District

Kavieng

Kavieng is the capital of the province of and the largest town on the island of the same name. The town is located at Balgai Bay, on the northern tip of the island.
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  • Type: City with 18,000 residents
  • Description: city
  • Also known as: “Kawieng”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kavieng Airport.

Aerodrome
is located in Kavieng, , and is located approximately 1 km away from the town centre. Originally constructed by Australian Commandos as a single runway, it was later taken and occupied by the Japanese on 23 Jan 1942, going on to expand and improve it.

Kavieng

Latitude
-2.5735° or 2° 34′ 25″ south
Longitude
150.7952° or 150° 47′ 43″ east
Population
18,000
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
IATA airport code
KVG
United Nations Location Code
PG KVG
Open location code
6R9GCQGW+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2135442533
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2094342
Wiki­data ID
Q1017358
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kavieng” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كافينغ”
  • Asturian: “Kavieng”
  • Catalan: “Kavieng”
  • Cebuano: “Kavieng”
  • Chinese: “卡維恩”
  • Chinese: “卡维恩”
  • Danish: “Kavieng”
  • Dutch: “Kavieng”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كافينج”
  • Finnish: “Kavieng”
  • French: “Kavieng”
  • Galician: “Kavieng”
  • German: “Kaewieng”
  • German: “Kavieng”
  • German: “Käwieng”
  • Indonesian: “Kavieng”
  • Irish: “Kavieng”
  • Italian: “Kavieng Urban”
  • Italian: “Kavieng”
  • Japanese: “カヴィエン”
  • Japanese: “カビエン”
  • Korean: “카비엥”
  • Korean: “캐비엥”
  • Lithuanian: “Kaviengas”
  • Mingrelian: “კავიენგი”
  • Persian: “کاوینگ”
  • Polish: “Kavieng”
  • Portuguese: “Kavieng”
  • Russian: “Кавиенг”
  • Spanish: “Kavieng”
  • Swedish: “Kavieng”
  • Tok Pisin: “Kavieng”
  • Ukrainian: “Кавіенг”
  • Urdu: “کاوینگ”
  • Yue Chinese: “卡維恩”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kavieng”. Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0.