Samarai

Samarai is an island and former administrative capital in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Located off the south-eastern tip of New Guinea in the China Strait Samarai has an area of just 240,000 square metres (59 acres) or 24 hectares. At the census of population 2000, the island had a population of 539, making it one of the most densely populated islands in the area.