Country Papua New Guinea Main languages Nasioi, Rorovana Local time Monday 8:05 PM | Time zone AEST (UTC+10) Climate Af | |
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District North Bougainville District Weather 26°C, Wind SE at 3 km/h, 90% Humidity Province Autonomous Region of Bougainville | ||
Buka is located on the southern coast of Buka Island, in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in eastern Papua New Guinea (country).
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Map of Buka Town, Papua New Guinea
It is the capital of the North Bougainville District, and the interim provincial capital of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
Geography
The city and Buka Island are separated from the northern tip of Bougainville Island by the Buka Passage. Both islands are in the northern Solomon Islands archipelago, and the only major ones not within the nation of Solomon Islands.
History
Buka was the capital of the Bougainville Province, during the 1990s Bougainville Civil War. The former, or "proper" capital of Bougainville, Arawa, was all but destroyed in 1990 as tensions reached a critical level in a civil uprising, which ended in 1997.