Buka Island

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Buka Island is a small island in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, known for its close proximity to Bougainville Island and its distinctive limestone cliffs and coastal villages.

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Buka Island canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island
belongsToCountry Papua New Guinea
country Papua New Guinea
hasAdministrativeRole hosts capital of Autonomous Region of Bougainville
hasAirport Buka Airport
hasCapital Buka
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate
hasCoastlineFeature coastal villages
hasCoastType cliffed coast
hasDominantChristianDenomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

United Church of Canada
surface form: United Church
hasEconomicActivity copra production
fishing
subsistence agriculture
hasEthnicGroup Bougainvilleans
Buka people
hasGeologicalFeature limestone cliffs
hasLanguage English
Lehali language
surface form: Halia language

Sula language
surface form: Solos language

Tok Pisin
hasLargestSettlement Buka
hasLatitudeApprox -5.33
hasLongitudeApprox 154.67
hasNearbyIsland Bougainville Island
Carteret Islands
Nissan Island
hasNearbyWaterBody Loniu Passage
surface form: Buka Passage

Solomon Sea
hasPoliticalStatus part of Autonomous Region of Bougainville
hasReligion Christianity
hasSettlement Buka
Hagus
Ieta
Lontis
hasTerrain raised coral limestone
locatedIn Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Bougainville Province
Solomon Sea
locatedInArchipelago Solomon Islands
surface form: Solomon Islands archipelago
locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
locatedNear Bougainville Island
partOf Papua New Guinea
regionType island
separatedBy Loniu Passage
surface form: Buka Passage
separatedFrom Bougainville Island
wasSiteOf World War II military activity

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