"Bougainville (/ˈboʊɡənˌvɪl/ BOH-ghən-vil; Tok Pisin: Bogenvil) , or Me´ekamui, officially the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, is an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea. The largest island ...
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is Bougainville Island, while the region also includes Buka Island and a number of outlying islands and atolls. The interim capital is Buka, though it is expected that major government services and buildings will be moved to Arawa, following reconstruction.
In 2011, the region had an estimated population of 250,000 people. The lingua franca of Bougainville is Tok Pisin, while a variety of Austronesian and non-Austronesian languages are also spoken. The region includes several Polynesian outliers where Polynesian languages are spoken. Geographically the islands of Bougainville and Buka are part of the Solomon Islands archipelago, but are politically separate from the independent country of Solomon Islands. Historically the region was known as North Solomons." - (en.wikipedia.org 05.03.2020)
- Latitude-6
- Longitude155
- Population132886
