Kavieng

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Place details

Locality: Kavieng
Region: New Ireland
Country: Papua Niugini
Population: 14,490
Timezone: Pacific/Port_Moresby

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Kavieng
Settlement.other_name: Bilas Peles
Settlement.image_skyline: Kavieng.png
Settlement.image_caption: Satellite image of the Kavieng peninsula
Settlement.pushpin_map: Papua New Guinea New Britain and Ireland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within New Britain and Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: New Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kavieng District
Settlement.subdivision_type3: LLG
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Kavieng Urban
Settlement.population_total: 19849
Settlement.population_as_of: 2012
Settlement.population_rank: 14th
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Country: Papua New Guinea
Population: 19849
Elevation: 10
Capital of: New Ireland

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inception: 1900-00-00
P12749: Tongan paʻanga

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thumb|Children playing in Kavieng harbour

Kavieng is the capital of the Papua New Guinean province of New Ireland 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. As of 2009, it had a population of 17,248.

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