Laruma River

Laruma River is a watercourse on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands of the Pacific Ocean. Located on the west coast of the island at the edge of the Keriaka Limestone Plateau, the Laruma drains into the Solomon Sea. The mouth of the river lies north of village of Laruma (population 141 in 1972)^{[citation needed]} and south of Turupei. The Laruma River marks the boundary between Bannoni language-speaking people to the south and Pivu language-speaking people to the north.^{[citation needed]} Circa 2001, the Laruma River valley had a population density of 14 people per km2.

References

↑ United States Board on Geographical Names; United States (1943). Gazetteer of Melanesia ... Washington, D. C.: War Dept., Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.
1 2 Griffin, Helga-Maria; Regan, A. J. (2005). Bougainville before the conflict. Canberra : Sydney: Pandanus Books, Research School of Pacific and Asia Studies, the Australian National University; UNIREPS, University of New South Wales distributor. ISBN 978-1-74076-138-3.
↑ Hanson, L. W.; Australian National University (2001). Papua New Guinea rural development handbook. Rural development handbook. Canberra, ACT: Land Management Group, Dept. of Human Geography, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-9579381-0-6.

6°11′54″S 154°58′31″E / 6.19844°S 154.97538°E / -6.19844; 154.97538

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[1] United States Board on Geographical Names; United States (1943). Gazetteer of Melanesia ... Washington, D. C.: War Dept., Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

[:0-2] 1 2 Griffin, Helga-Maria; Regan, A. J. (2005). Bougainville before the conflict. Canberra : Sydney: Pandanus Books, Research School of Pacific and Asia Studies, the Australian National University; UNIREPS, University of New South Wales distributor. ISBN 978-1-74076-138-3.

[3] Hanson, L. W.; Australian National University (2001). Papua New Guinea rural development handbook. Rural development handbook. Canberra, ACT: Land Management Group, Dept. of Human Geography, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-9579381-0-6.