Kokoda

Kokoda
Kokoda is located in Papua New Guinea
Kokoda
Kokoda
Location within Papua New Guinea
Coordinates: 8°52′40″S 147°44′15″E / 8.87778°S 147.73750°E / -8.87778; 147.73750
CountryPapua New Guinea
ProvinceOro (Northern)
DistrictSohe District
LLGKokoda Rural LLG
Elevation
370 m (1,210 ft)
Population
 (2011), quandl.com
 • Total658
Languages
 • Main languagesKoiari, Motu
Time zoneUTC+10 (AEST)
Location55 km (34 mi) WSW of Popondetta
Annual rainfall5,000 mm (196.9 in)
ClimateAf

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.

Kokoda is located within the administrative divisions of Kokoda Rural LLG.