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Arawa (Bougainville) is a seat of a second-order administrative division; located in Papua New Guinea in Pacific/Bougainville (GMT+11) time zone. With population of 40,266 people, there are 2 cities with bigger population in this country. Compared to other cities in Papua New Guinea, 59.1% of cities are located further ↑North; 95.5% of cities are located further ←West and 56.8% of cities have higher elevation than Arawa. Note1

Administrative division(s):

Current local time in Arawa:

10:24 PM, Saturday
Difference from your time zone: hours
[3]

Arawa on map:[1]

Arawa on map

Arawa GPS coordinates[2]

6° 13' 47.172" South, 155° 33' 57.528" East

Map corner latitude longitude
Upper-left -5.53035°, 154.86286°
Center: -6.22977°, 155.56598°
Lower-right: -6.92826°, 156.26911°
Map W x H: 155.4×155.4 km = 96.6×96.6mi
max Lat: -2.0341°
  ⇑59.1% North
Arawa: -6.22977°
min Lat:   ⇓40.9% South
-10.61038°
Note1
min Long Arawa max Long
141.29061° 155.56598° 155.69147°
W 95.5%⇐   ⇒4.5% E

Elevation

Elevation of Arawa is 28 m = 92 ft, and this is 553 m = 1814 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:
 
2248 m = 7375 ft 56.8%
Avg. 581 m = 1906 ft  
Arawa 28 m = 92 ft  

Min E:
0 m = 0 ft 43.2%

See also: Arawa elevation on elevation.city.


Geographical zone

Arawa is located in South Torrid zone (between Equator and Tropic of Capricorn). Distance of Equator is 692.7 km =430.4 mi to North.
Distance of km miles from Arawa
Equator 692.7 430.4 to North
Tropic Capricorn 1913.2 1188.8 to South
Antarctic Circle 6708.5 4168.5 to South
South Pole 9314.4 5787.7 to South
9314.4 km
692.7 km

Nearby cities:

6 places around Arawa: (largest is in red/bold)

Buin 59.3 km =36.8 mi, 166°
Buka 132.9 km =82.6 mi, 311°
Kieta 7.5 km =4.7 mi, 77°
Kokopo 421 km =261.6 mi, 299°
Panguna 13.2 km =8.2 mi, 222°
Rabaul 439.2 km =272.9 mi, 300°

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Sources, notices
• [Note1] Compared only with cities in Papua New Guinea existing in our database
• [Src1] Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (CC-BY-SA)
• [Src2] Other city data from geonames.org with taken over terms of usage.
• [Src3] Geographical zone / Annual Mean Temperature by Robert A. Rohde @ Wikipedia