Soraken is a village on the Soraken Peninsula on north-western Bouganville, Papua New Guinea. The Soraken copra plantation was set up by Choisel Plantations in January 1913 and a tramway system 21 kilometres (13 mi) long was constructed. The railway is now in a state of disrepair. The village also suffered damage during the Bougainville civil crisis.
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During World War II, Soraken was liberated from the Japanese in 1945, when the Australian 11th Brigade pushed north to take the Soraken Peninsula.
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