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| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Madang |
| (mä´däng) (KEY) , town (1990 pop. 27,181), Papua New Guinea, on NE New Guinea island. A seaport on Astrolabe Bay, Madang exports copra and gold. It was an important Japanese air base during World War II. Madang was formerly known as Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen. |
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