Goroka

Goroka ye una llocalidá papuana capital de la provincia de Tierres Altes Orientales (Altiplanicies orientales). Tien una población d'unos 25.000 habitantes y ta a 1.600 m sobre'l nivel del mar. Tien un aeropuertu nel centru urbanu y siguiendo la "Highlands Highway", asitiar a 285km de Lae na provincia de Morobe y a 90km de Kainantu tamién en Altiplanicies orientales. Tamién ta cerca Kundiawa na provincia de Simbu y Mount Hagen en Western Highlands. Tien un clima apacible denomináu la "primavera perpetua".

Ye sede de delles instituciones nacionales; la Radio d'Hermandá cristiana misionera, l'Institutu d'Investigación Médica, l'Institutu Nacional Cinematográficu, l'Institutu de Melanesia, la compañía teatral Raun Raun y la Universidá de Goroka. Lo mesmo que de carias ONGs:Oxfam, Save the Children, etc. The town's single largest hotel is the Bird of Paradise, owned by the Coral Seas Hotels chain. Goroka is also the home of the Asaro Mudmen.

Coffee is a common cash crop in the area; smaller industries include trout farms, pigs, bee keeping and food gardens (broccoli, kau kau or sweet potato, carrots, ginger and peanuts are examples of produz that grow well here; nearby Bena Bena is known for its pineapples).

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The University of Goroka
Melanesian Institute 
CRMF Christian Radio Missionary Fellowship
Goroka Show website
1950's photo by a Canadian helicopter pilot named Rob Thurston

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