Kieta

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Kieta
Bougainville,
Papua New Guinea

Location of Kieta in Papua New Guinea

Population:

1100

Location:

12 km from Arawa

Mean Max Temp	Mean Min Temp	Rainfall
32 °C ^{90 °F}	23 °C ^{73 °F}	3037 mm ^{119.6 in}

The city of Arawa, and the port of Kieta, from space

Kieta is located on the eastern coast of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, near the township of Arawa. It has few inhabitants now, and is known mainly for its transport connections (wharf and airfield). The majority of the town was destroyed in the 1990 Civil Uprising on Bougainville.

The airfield has a 5400 ft runway which was used by the Japanese in WW2, and was recently serviced by Air Niugini until 1990. Since then the only aircraft to service the area were the Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Forces (C130 Hercules) in support of the Peace Monitoring Group.