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The average population of Missouri's counties is 53,880; St. Louis County is the most populous (987,059), and Worth County is the least (1,907). The average land area is 599 sq mi (1,550 km 2 ). The largest county is Texas County (1,179 sq mi, 3,054 km 2 ) and the smallest is St. Louis city (61.9 sq mi, 160 km 2 ).
Port Moresby: National Statistical Office, Papua New Guinea. 2014. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea - Postal codes and Coordinates" .
1,000 km (620 mi) from Port Moresby Vanimo is the capital of Sandaun Province (West Sepik) in north-westernmost Papua New Guinea and of Vanimo-Green River District . It is located on a peninsula close to the border with Indonesia , nearest to Jayapura , the capital city of Papua (province) .
Port Moresby (/ ˈ m ɔːr z b i /; Tok Pisin: Pot Mosbi), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura ) outside of Australia and New Zealand.
Operation Mo (MO作戦, Mo Sakusen) or the Port Moresby Operation was a Japanese plan to take control of the Australian Territory of New Guinea during World War II as well as other locations in the South Pacific. The goal was to isolate Australia and New Zealand from the Allied United States.
Hanuabada is a coastal village in Papua New Guinea in the outskirts of the nation's capital, Port Moresby. It is the biggest village in the Motuan tribe and is often known by its locals as "HB". Hanuabada means "big village" (hanua "village" + bada "big", the former from Proto-Oceanic (panua) in Motu. It is northwest of Downtown Port Moresby ...
The Imperial Japanese Army supported the idea of taking Port Moresby and in April 1942, with the Japanese Navy, developed a plan for the attack that was titled "Operation Mo". The plan also included the seizure of Tulagi, a small island in the southern Solomon Islands, where a seaplane base would be set up for potential air operations against ...
The capital city of Port Moresby was established on the traditional lands of the Motu and Koitabu people in the late 1800s. [2] In recognition of this, the Motu Koitabu Interim Assembly was established under the National Capital District Government Act 1982.