Kainantu
Sign in to saveKainantu is a town in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. It had some historical significance as an airstrip town during WWII. It functions primarily as a market town for local produce growers and cash croppers. It is located on the "Highlands Highway" approximately by road west of Lae and by road east of Goroka. It is approx from a nearby missionary station Ukarumpa and is nearby the Aiyura valley. Kainantu has basic facilities such as a school, hospital, police station, district court, and service stations.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kainantu
- Region
- Eastern Highlands
- Country
- Papua Niugini
- Population
- 8,509
- Timezone
- Pacific/Port_Moresby
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kainantu
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Papua New Guinea
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Papua New Guinea
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Papua New Guinea
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Eastern Highlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kainantu District
- Settlement.population_total
- 6,723
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2000
- Settlement.population_rank
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Located in
- Kainantu District
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Article
34 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Early missions
- Pacification movement
- Later Lutheran Missions
- World War 2
- 1960s
- Geography
- Geology
- Topography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Governance
- Law and Order
- 2011 Massacre
- First National Election
- Economy
- Colbran Coffee Lands
- Kainantu Gold Mine
- Eastern Highlands Cultural Centre and Museum
- Kainantu Golf Club
- History
- Description
- Clubhouse
- Maintenance
- Cross of Remembrance
- Re-invigoration of Golf Club
- Kainantu Lodge/Hotel
- Ukarumpa
- Gallery of Kainantu Lodge/Hotel
- Further reading
- Notes
- References
- External links
Kainantu is a town in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. It had some historical significance as an airstrip town during WWII. It functions primarily as a market town for local produce growers and cash croppers. It is located on the "Highlands Highway" approximately by road west of Lae and by road east of Goroka. It is approx from a nearby missionary station Ukarumpa and is nearby the Aiyura valley. Kainantu has basic facilities such as a school, hospital, police station, district court, and service stations.
==History==