Kokoda
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This article is about the town. For the 2006 Australian film, see Kokoda (film). For the unrelated language of West Papua, see Kokoda language. For a Fijian dish, see 'Ota 'ika.
Kokoda is a station town in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. It is famous as the northern end of the Kokoda Track, site of the eponymous Kokoda Track campaign of World War II. In that campaign, it had strategic significance because it had the only airfield along the Track. In the decades preceding, it had been a foothills settlement near the gold fields.
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Kokoda | |
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Coordinates: 8°52′40″S 147°44′15″E | |
Country | Papua New Guinea |
Province | Oro (Northern) |
District | Sohe District |
LLG | Kokoda Rural LLG |
Elevation | 370 m (1,210 ft) |
Population (2011), quandl.com | |
• Total | 658 |
Languages | |
• Main languages | Koiari, Motu |
Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) |
Location | 55 km (34 mi) WSW of Popondetta |
Annual rainfall | 5,000 mm (196.9 in) |
Climate | Af |
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Kokoda is located within the administrative divisions of Kokoda Rural LLG.