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    Buka is a town located on the southern coast of Buka Island, in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in eastern Papua New Guinea. It is administered...
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    large islands of Papua New Guinea, New Ireland is the closest to Buka. Bougainville is the largest island in the Solomon Islands archipelago. It was previously...
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    island is Bougainville Island, while the region also includes Buka Island and a number of outlying islands and atolls. The current capital is Buka, situated...
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    Buka Island (pronounced: [buːkə]) is the second-largest island in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in eastern Papua New Guinea. It is in Buka Rural...
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  • Buka can refer to: Buka, Papua New Guinea, the capital of Autonomous Region of Bougainville Buka Rural LLG in Papua New Guinea Buka, Pomeranian Voivodeship...
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    Empire of Japan occupied the islands of Buka and Bougainville in the South Pacific. At that time Buka and Bougainville were part of the Australian-administered...
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    years, according to artefacts found in Kilu Cave on Buka Island. The region is named after Bougainville Island, the largest island of the Solomon Islands...
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    autonomous region of Papua New Guinea, consisting of the main islands of Bougainville and Buka and numerous smaller islands. Geographically they form part of the...
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    entertainment facilities such as a film theatre. Villagers throughout Bougainville Island and Buka Island had long been accustomed to seeing films at church stations...
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    Buka Passage is a narrow strait that separates Buka Island from the northern part of Bougainville Island, within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville...
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    Ireland, and several smaller islands), the North Solomon Islands (Buka, Bougainville, and several smaller islands), the Carolines, Palau, the Marianas...
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    in the southern part of Bougainville. Instead, he reinforced the Buka Island area, just off the north coast of Bougainville Island, believing it to be...
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    able to fly into Buka Airport and Aropa Airport from Papua New Guinea since early June 2020. Beginning August 1, flights into Bougainville could only be...
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  • Buka Airport (IATA: BUA, ICAO: AYBK) is an airport serving Buka Island in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. It is located at...
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    North Bougainville District is a district of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Buka on Buka Island. North Bougainville...
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    North Solomon Islands (category Geography of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville)
    group of islands in the Solomon Islands archipelago and includes Bougainville and Buka Islands, Choiseul, Santa Isabel, the Shortland Islands and Ontong...
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    Papua New Guinea Bougainville only (Except all the region) North Bougainville District Central Bougainville District South Bougainville District Solomon...
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    The Flag of Bougainville (Tok Pisin: plak bilong Bogenvil) is a symbol of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. It was originally...
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  • the town of Buka on the south coast of the island of Buka, in the autonomous region of Bougainville, formerly ″province of Bougainville″ which is part...
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  • the Oceanic languages. It includes the Austronesian languages of Bougainville and Buka in Papua New Guinea, and of Choiseul, New Georgia, and Santa Isabel...
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  • members of the Bougainville House of Representatives from 2020 to 2025 as elected at the 2020 election. "PNG Government Delegation Flies Into Buka". PNG Post-Courier...
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  • Joseph Kabui (category Presidents of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville)
    Autonomous Region of Bougainville, off the coast of Papua New Guinea, from 2005 to 2008. He was also the leader of the Bougainville People's Congress. Kabui...
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    The Bougainville House of Representatives is the legislature of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, an autonomous entity within Papua New Guinea. It...
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  • The Buka Island mosaic-tailed rat or Buka Island melomys (Melomys spechti) is a species of rat in Oceania. It is endemic to Buka Island, in the Autonomous...
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    Upe (category Autonomous Region of Bougainville)
    Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, the tradition is practised on Buka Island and in the Bougainville Island districts of Selau, Wakunai and Teua. Upes spend as...
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  • Ezekiel Massat (category People from Buka Island)
    has previously served as Bougainville's police minister. He represents the Tonu constituency on Buka Island in North Bougainville. President James Tanis...
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  • Hakö language (category Languages of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville)
    Hakö is an Austronesian language of Buka Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Materials on Hakö are included in the open access...
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    Solomon Islands rain forests (category Geography of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville)
    Islands and Papua New Guinea. The archipelago's northern islands, Bougainville and Buka, are part of Papua New Guinea. The rest of the archipelago is within...
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  • Joseph Watawi (category Vice-presidents of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville)
    protest in Buka calling for Watawi's ouster. Petitions were given to Joseph Kabui by a women's NGO and former combatants of the Bougainville conflict calling...
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  • Buka Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of comprising Buka Island in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Several Northwest...
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