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Also known as Herbertshöhe

Kokopo is the capital of East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea. It is administered under Kokopo/Vunamami Urban LLG. The capital was moved from Rabaul in 1994 when the volcanoes Tavurvur and Vulcan erupted. As a result, the population of the town increased more than sixfold from 3,150 in 1990 to 20,262 in 2000.

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Place details

Locality
Kokopo
Region
East New Britain
Country
Papua Niugini
Population
26,273

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Kokopo
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Papua New Guinea
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right
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Location within New Britain and Ireland
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Country
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Province
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East New Britain
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District
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Kokopo District
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LLG
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Kokopo/Vunamami Urban
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20,262
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2000
Settlement.population_rank
8th
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auto
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Kokopo
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Kokopo is the capital of East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea. It is administered under Kokopo/Vunamami Urban LLG. The capital was moved from Rabaul in 1994 when the volcanoes Tavurvur and Vulcan erupted. As a result, the population of the town increased more than sixfold from 3,150 in 1990 to 20,262 in 2000.

Kokopo was known as Herbertshöhe (''Herbert's Heights''), named in honour of Herbert, eldest son of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, during the German New Guinea administration, which controlled the area between 1884 and formally until 1919. Until 1910, it was the capital of German New Guinea.

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