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Madang

American  
[mah-dahng] / ˈmɑ dɑŋ /

noun

  1. a seaport on the N coast of New Guinea, in Papua New Guinea.


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Mining waste management is in the spotlight after red mud spilled into Papua New Guinea’s Basamuk Bay from a nickel plant in Madang in August.

From Reuters • Jan. 8, 2020

Locals noticed red discharge clouding parts of the bay that is next to the Ramu Nickel plant in Madang, Papua New Guinea, a local indigenous person who took photographs of the spillage told Reuters.

From Reuters • Aug. 28, 2019

Early one morning, I flew to Madang, another town on the country’s northern coast, to find out.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2015

Bernier was a 25-year-old bombardier on a B-24-D Liberator bomber that went down in 1944 after being hit by anti-aircraft fire over the city of Madang.

From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2014

The foregoing account of the journey to the Madang country and of the subsequent events would constitute the last chapter of any history of the pacification of the Baram.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)