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Rabaul was the provincial capital and most important settlement in the province until it was destroyed in 1994 by falling ash from a volcanic eruption in its harbor. During the eruption, ash was sent thousands of metres into the air, and the subsequent rain of ash caused 80% of the buildings in Rabaul to collapse.
Rabaul District is a district of East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the four administrative districts that make up the province. It is one of the four administrative districts that make up the province.
The capital of the province is Kokopo, not far from the old capital of Rabaul, which was largely destroyed in a volcanic eruption in 1994. East New Britain covers a total land area of 15,816 square kilometres (6,107 sq mi), and the province's population was reported as 220,133 in the 2000 census, rising to 328,369 in the 2011 count. [2]
Rabaul Urban LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. [1] [2] Wards. 81. Rabaul Town; References
Pages in category "Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Rabaul" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Rabaul caldera, or Rabaul Volcano, is a large volcano on the tip of the Gazelle Peninsula in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, and derives its name from the town of Rabaul inside the caldera. The caldera has many sub-vents, Tavurvur being the most well known for its devastating eruptions over Rabaul .
Vulcan is a pumice cone in Papua New Guinea.It is a sub-vent of the Rabaul caldera and lies on its western rim. Its most recent eruption was in 1994, when it and another vent, Tavurvur, forced the city of Rabaul to be temporarily abandoned and the local administrative centres of East New Britain Province to be moved to a new capital, Kokopo.
Below, Papua New Guinea has 22 province-level divisions: 20 integrated provinces, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and the National Capital District. Each province has one or more districts , and each district has one or more local-level government (LLG) areas.