Kieta

- 6.20575155.62271Koordinaten: 6 ° 12 ' S, 155 ° 37 ' E

Kieta is the main port of the province and island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea and eponym of the surrounding district government. The place is located near the provincial capital of Arawa.

History

By on May 17, 1885 entered into between Germany and the United Kingdom Agreement were the islands of Bougainville and Buka in the area of ​​the German sphere of interest. On September 20, 1905, led by August Doellinger German government station was built with post office and customs office in Kieta. Since 1902 there were in Kieta a Catholic mission station of the Marist Brothers. Richard Parkinson thought on during his South Sea, among others, in Kieta.

Much of the city was destroyed during the civil war of the 1990s.

Culture

A number of languages ​​are spoken in Papua Kieta District. See, inter alia, Naasioi.

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