# Wairopi

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thumb|right|250px|A makeshift bridge over the swift-flowing Kumusi River at Wairopi on the northern section of the Kokoda Track
alt=Map of the Kokoda Trail (1942) with Wairopi. The map is rotated to have NE bearings at the top of the page.|thumb|Map of the Kokoda Trail (1942) with '''Wairopi'''. The map is rotated to have NE bearings at the top of the page.
'''Wairopi''' ({{langx|en|Wire Rope Bridge}}) is a village along the [Kumusi River](/source/Kumusi_River), in [Oro Province](/source/Oro_Province), [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea). The village lies along the [Kokoda Track](/source/Kokoda_Track).

==History==
During the retreat of the ill-fated [Imperial Japanese](/source/Imperial_Japanese) campaign along the [Kokoda Track](/source/Kokoda_Track_campaign) during the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), Japanese Major General [Tomitarō Horii](/source/Tomitar%C5%8D_Horii) drowned while attempting to cross the Kumusi River at Wairopi, after the battle of Oivi-Gorari.<ref name=Brune4>{{Harvnb|Brune|2004|p=419}}</ref><ref name=Lindsay>{{Harvnb|Lindsay|2002|p=122}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{Cite book|last1=Brune|first1=Peter|title=A Bastard of a Place|publisher=Allen & Unwin|date=2004|isbn=1-74114-403-5}}
*{{Cite book|last1=Lindsay|first1=Patrick|title=The Spirit of Kokoda: Then and Now|publisher=Hardie Grant Books|date=2002|isbn=1-74066-075-7}}

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Category:Populated places in Oro Province

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