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Buna | |
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Coordinates: 8°40′S 148°24′E / 8.667°S 148.400°E | |
Country | Papua New Guinea |
Province | Oro (Northern) |
Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) |
Buna is a village in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. It was the site in part, of the Battle of Buna–Gona during World War II, when it constituted a variety of native huts and a handful of houses with an airstrip. Buna was the trailhead to the Kokoda Track leading to Kokoda.