Wewak region

E560917

geographic region

The Wewak region is an area on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea that was a significant World War II battleground and strategic Japanese base in the Southwest Pacific.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Wewak	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographic region ⓘ
borders	Bismarck Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	tropical ⓘ
contains	Japanese defensive positions ⓘ Wewak airfields NERFINISHED ⓘ wartime bunkers and tunnels ⓘ
country	Papua New Guinea ⓘ
currentUse	civilian settlements ⓘ fishing and small-scale agriculture ⓘ regional administration ⓘ
hasCenter	Wewak NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	Allied New Guinea campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese occupation of New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II military history ⓘ
hasLanguageDiversity	multiple local Papuan and Austronesian languages ⓘ
knownFor	Sepik cultural influence ⓘ World War II relics ⓘ coastal landscapes ⓘ
locatedIn	East Sepik Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ northern coast of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
locatedOn	island of New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestLargeBodyOfWater	Bismarck Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	East Sepik cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ Mainland New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
sawMajorOperationsBy	Allied forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Australian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodOfMilitarySignificance	1942–1945 ⓘ
usedAs	Japanese air base complex ⓘ Japanese logistics hub ⓘ
wasLinkedBy	Japanese supply routes in World War II ⓘ
wasMajorBattlegroundIn	Pacific War NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasStrategicBaseFor	Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasSubjectOf	Allied air campaigns ⓘ Allied bombing raids ⓘ
wasTargetedTo	neutralize Japanese air power in New Guinea ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aitape–Wewak campaign → location → Wewak region ⓘ

Hatazō Adachi → placeOfSurrender → Wewak region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wewak