Kokopo

Kokopo
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Kokopo is located in Papua New Guinea
Kokopo
Kokopo
Location within New Britain and Ireland
Coordinates: 4°21′00″S 152°16′25″E / 4.35000°S 152.27361°E / -4.35000; 152.27361
CountryPapua New Guinea
ProvinceEast New Britain
DistrictKokopo District
LLGKokopo/Vunamami Urban
Elevation
4 m (13 ft)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total20,262
 • Rank8th
Languages
 • Main languagesKuanua, Tok Pisin, English
Time zoneUTC+10 (AEST)
Location20 km (12 mi) from Rabaul
Mean max temp31.0 °C (87.8 °F)
Mean min temp23.3 °C (73.9 °F)
Annual rainfall2,003 mm (78.86 in)
ClimateAf

Kokopo is the capital of East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea. It is administered under Kokopo/Vunamami Urban LLG. The capital was moved from Rabaul in 1994 when the volcanoes Tavurvur and Vulcan erupted. As a result, the population of the town increased more than sixfold from 3,150 in 1990 to 20,262 in 2000.[1]

Kokopo was known as Herbertshöhe (Herbert's Heights), named in honour of Herbert, eldest son of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, during the German New Guinea administration, which controlled the area between 1884 and formally until 1919. Until 1910, it was the capital of German New Guinea.

On Sunday, March 29, 2015, a strong earthquake, of a preliminary magnitude of at least 7.5, which at that time was the largest earthquake of 2015, was recorded near Kokopo, and a tsunami warning was issued. This was surpassed a month later by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake, which measured a magnitude 7.8.

In 2015, a research and conservation project was suggested to study and protect spinner dolphins[2] living around Kokopo beach, as this population may be threatened if construction of a new port for larger shipping lanes is initiated.[3]

  1. ^ PNG Census 2000
  2. ^ "Papua New Guinea 2016 Trip Report" (PDF). 2017-03-31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-31.
  3. ^ "ハシナガイルカの生息地を守るプロジェクト ~戦後70年。パプアニューギニア・ラバウルの海を潜る~". ダイビングと海の総合サイト・オーシャナ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-12-25.