Bougainville Island

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Bougainville Island is a large, mountainous island in the South Pacific’s Solomon Islands archipelago, notable for its strategic role in World War II and its rich indigenous cultures.

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Bougainville Island canonical 30
Bougainville 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
island
archipelago Solomon Islands
climate tropical rainforest climate
colonialHistory Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration
surface form: Australian-administered Territory of New Guinea

German New Guinea
conflictPeriod late 1980s to late 1990s
country Papua New Guinea
economicActivity cocoa production
copra production
subsistence agriculture
hasConflict Bougainville Civil War
hasEthnicGroup Buin people
Buka-related groups
Nasioi people
Siwai people
hasHighestPoint Mount Balbi
hasIndigenousLanguageFamily Austronesian languages
Trans–New Guinea languages
surface form: Papuan languages
hasIndigenousPeople Bougainvilleans
hasMine Panguna mine
hasNaturalResource copper
gold
hasNearbyIsland Buka Island
hasReligion Christianity
hasVolcano Bagana
Mount Balbi
Takuan Group
largestIslandOf Autonomous Region of Bougainville
locatedIn Melanesia
Pacific Ring of Fire
Solomon Islands
surface form: Solomon Islands archipelago

South Pacific Ocean
mountainous true
namedAfter Louis Antoine de Bougainville
partOf Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Papua New Guinea
relatedTo Bougainville Civil War
surface form: Bougainville independence movement
separatedFrom Buka Island by Buka Passage
strategicImportance World War II Allied operations in the Pacific
surroundedBy Pacific Ocean
Solomon Sea
timeZone UTC+11
volcanicOrigin true
wasOccupiedBy Japanese colonial empire
surface form: Imperial Japan
wasOccupiedDuring World War II
wasSiteOf Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
Battle of Bougainville
surface form: Bougainville campaign

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Isoroku Yamamoto placeOfDeath Bougainville Island
Papua New Guinea hasPart Bougainville Island
Meso-Melanesian languages spokenIn Bougainville Island
this entity surface form: Bougainville
U.S. Army Americal Division areaOfOperations Bougainville Island
this entity surface form: Bougainville
Choiseul Island separatedFrom Bougainville Island
Northern Solomons campaign location Bougainville Island
this entity surface form: Bougainville
Battle of Bougainville location Bougainville Island
Takuan Group locatedIn Bougainville Island
Takuan Group isOnIsland Bougainville Island
Bougainvilleans primaryLocation Bougainville Island
Panguna mine locatedIn Bougainville Island
Bougainville Civil War conflictIn Bougainville Island
German New Guinea includesTerritoryOf Bougainville Island
Bagana locatedOn Bougainville Island
Buin people locatedIn Bougainville Island
Autonomous Region of Bougainville contains Bougainville Island
Nasioi people locatedIn Bougainville Island
Nasioi people nativeTo Bougainville Island
Mount Balbi locatedOn Bougainville Island
Mount Balbi isHighestPointOf Bougainville Island
Siwai people locatedIn Bougainville Island
Solomon Islands campaign location Bougainville Island
this entity surface form: Bougainville
Bougainville Standard Time appliesToTerritory Bougainville Island
Choiseul Province borderedBy Bougainville Island
Islands Region of Papua New Guinea contains Bougainville Island
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay location Bougainville Island
this entity surface form: Bougainville
Green Islands near Bougainville Island
Bougainville Strait separates Bougainville Island
Bougainville Strait near Bougainville Island
Bougainville Strait between Bougainville Island
Bougainville Strait namedAfter Bougainville Island
Shortland Islands near Bougainville Island
Buka Island separatedFrom Bougainville Island
Buka Island locatedNear Bougainville Island
Buka Island hasNearbyIsland Bougainville Island