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New Ireland (island)
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New Ireland (island)
New Ireland
(
Tok Pisin
:
Niu Ailan
) is a large
island
in
Papua New Guinea
, approximately 7,404 km² in area with ca. 120,000 people. It is the largest island of the
New Ireland Province
, lying northeast of the island of
New Britain
. Both islands are part of the
Bismarck Archipelago
, named after
Otto von Bismarck
, and they are separated by
Saint George's Channel
. The administrative centre of the island and of New Ireland province is the town of
Kavieng
located at the northern end of the island. While the island was part of
German New Guinea
, it was named
Neumecklenburg
("New
Mecklenburg
").
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