Back Buin (lungsod sa Nugini sa Papua) CEB بوئین (پاپوآ گینه نو) Persian Buin (Papua Nuova Guinea) Italian ブイン (パプアニューギニア) Japanese 부인 (파푸아뉴기니) Korean Буїн (Папуа Нова Гвінея) Ukrainian 布因 (巴布亚新几内亚) Chinese
Buin | |
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Town | |
 Main Street, 1978 | |
  Buin Location in Papua New Guinea | |
| Coordinates: 6°44′46″S 155°41′06″E / 6.746°S 155.685°E | |
| Country |  Papua New Guinea |
| Province | Autonomous Region of Bougainville |
| District | South Bougainville District |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 750[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) |
| Climate | Af: Tropical rainforest climate |
Buin is a town on Bougainville Island, and the capital of the South Bougainville District, in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in eastern Papua New Guinea. The island is in the northern Solomon Islands Archipelago of the Melanesia region, in the South Pacific Ocean.
It is a government-established town in the jungle, now inland from the coast, where its sea-landing predecessor of the same name was located. The town is in an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea established in 2000, and was the former North Solomons Province (1976-2000).[2]
- ^ "Buin, South Bougainville, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea". mindat.org. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
- ^ Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 183.
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