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Article naming and capital

Shouldn't we call this article Arawa, Papua New Guinea instead? And I thought, Buka town was the capital, or has it moved? Nomadtales 06:39, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is where I found links to the article from the Disambiguation Page. I have no objections to a move, although we could find ourselves moving it all back if Bougainville becomes an independent state. I heard of Buka being the capital too, but it seemed Awara was listed most places as the capital, so I marked it as the disputed capital in the article. Aliasd 21:51, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To keep it standardised, it should really be Name, Papua New Guinea. I will move it. As to the capital, I think Arawa used to be the capital before the war, but now it is in Buka. I will have to do some research. Nomadtales 01:53, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There were plans to move the capital back to Arawa by now Aliasd 12:32, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Accuracy

Hi, regarding, "The land where Arawa is now situated was previously a large expatriate plantation." - I actually lived in Arawa for nine years before the war broke out. I don't recall it ever being described as a plantation! And if you were to ask me about the Arawa plantation I wouldn't know what you were talking about. Yes, there were plantations on Bougainville, but the Arawa expatriate plantation sounds a bit odd (speaking as someone who lived there). Maybe you meant to write population rather than plantation :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.31.27.24 (talk) 22:31, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Capital

I believe the capital was always Buka on paper but in real terms to infrastructure was all mostly in Arawa. Most people would disagree that Buka was the real capital and I am in that list. The trip from Arawa to Buka was almost an impossible journey in even the most capable Toyota 4x4 as there was just a jungle trail and river crossings that most off road motorcycles could not navigate successfully. MrCyberdude (talk) 10:01, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]