Laruma River

Laruma River is a watercourse on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands of the Pacific Ocean.[1] Located on the west coast of the island at the edge of the Keriaka Limestone Plateau, the Laruma drains into the Solomon Sea.[2] The mouth of the river lies north of village of Laruma (population 141 in 1972[3]) and south of Turupei.[2] The Laruma River marks the boundary between Bannoni language-speaking people to the south and Pivu language-speaking people to the north.[4] Circa 2001, the Laruma River valley had a population density of 14 people per km2.[5]

References
  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.
  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. Australian National University (1963). "New Guinea research bulletin": v. ISSN 0028-5188. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Australian National University (1970–1998). "Pacific linguistics. Series A." Beginning with No. 25 on Title Page Verso:Pacific Linguistics.Series A,Occasional Papers.: v. ISSN 0078-7531.
  5. 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


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