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| Overview | People | Geography | Economy | Government | Communications | Transport | Military | Map |
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
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| Capital | name: Port Moresby geographic coordinates: 9 30 S, 147 10 E time difference: UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Population | 5,795,887 (July 2007 est.) |
| GMT | +10 |
| Location | Oceania, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia see map |
| Area | total: 462,840 sq km land: 452,860 sq km water: 9,980 sq km |
| Ethnic groups | Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34% |
| Languages | Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region note: 820 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total) |
| Government type | constitutional parliamentary democracy |
| National holiday | Independence Day, 16 September (1975) |
| Constitution | 16 September 1975 |
| Legal system | based on English common law |
| Background | The eastern half of the island of New Guinea - second largest in the world - was divided between Germany (north) and the UK (south) in 1885. The latter area was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I and continued to administer the combined areas until independence in 1975. A nine-year secessionist revolt on the island of Bougainville ended in 1997 after claiming some 20,000 lives. |
| Internet country code | .pg |
