Arawa

MapLat 6° 13' 0S Long 155° 33' 0E  Town Located on the eastern coast of Bougainville, near Kieta. This town was largely destroyed during the Bougainville Crisis of the 1990s.

Kieta Peace Memorial
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Dedicated in 2003, memorial for the end of the Bougainville Crisis in the 1990s. The memorial is shaped like a globe, with (inoperative) guns stuck into the concrete as a symbol of the peace and disarmament. The guns were later removed by locals. Photo by Justin Taylan, 2003.


 

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