Madang, Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Madang, Papua New Guinea shares 71 connections with 8332 places across 18 topics, with military history, religion, and government making up the bulk of its thematic reach. The city's ties to Australia and Japan trace in part to World War II: the Imperial Japanese Army captured Madang in 1942, and the Pacific conflict shapes many of its connections. German colonial presence, documented through the 1884 German New Guinea Company expedition that named the site Friedrich Wilhelmshafen, anchors the industrial cluster. Catholic mission activity, centered on the Society of the Divine Word, runs through its religion connections.