Kokoda
Kokoda is a city in Papua New Guinea with a population of about 6,199.
Papua New GuineaSmall town🏆 #25 most populated in Papua New Guinea🕐 Pacific/Port_MoresbyKokoda 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.
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About Kokoda
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Continent | Oceania |
| Explore | 04 |
| Population | 6,199 |
| Local currency | PGK |
| Coordinates | -8.8778, 147.7364 |
| Time zone | Pacific/Port_Moresby |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Small town |
| Distance to the capital | 93 km · Port Moresby |
| Population (Papua New Guinea) | #25 most populated in Papua New Guinea |
| Where on Earth | 8°52′40″S · 147°44′11″E |
| Hemisphere | S · E |
| Distance to the equator | 988 km |
| Distance to the South Pole | 9,031 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 99% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Samba (Angola) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | 8.88, -32.26 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| Sydney | 2,802 km |
| Singapore | 4,997 km |
| Tokyo | 5,026 km |
| Beijing | 6,309 km |
| Dubai | 10,672 km |
| Los Angeles | 10,927 km |