Aitape
Place in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aitape is a small town of about 18,000 people on the north coast of Papua New Guinea in the Sandaun Province. It is a coastal settlement that is almost equidistant from the provincial capitals of Wewak and Vanimo, and marks the midpoint of the highway between these two capitals. Aitape has 240 V power (in general 24 hours), telephone, a bank, a post-office, a courthouse and a police station, a supermarket and many tradestores, a petrol station, two airstrips, two secondary schools, a mission office and a hospital.[1]
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Aitape | |
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Coordinates: 3°8′S 142°21′E | |
Country | Papua New Guinea |
Province | Sandaun Province (West Sepik) |
Established | 1905 |
Elevation | 4 m (12 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 18,000 |
• Rank | 10th |
Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) |
Location | |
Climate | Af |
Aitape was established as a train station by German colonists in 1905 as part of German New Guinea. During the Second World War the town was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army.