Papua New Guinea

E15852

country in Oceania sovereign state

Papua New Guinea is an Oceanian country occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands, known for its extreme cultural and linguistic diversity, rugged terrain, and significant volcanic and seismic activity.

Aliases (6)

Independent State of Papua New Guinea ×1
New Guinea ×1
Papua New Guinea monarchy ×1
Papua and New Guinea ×1
Waigani ×1
mainland Papua New Guinea ×1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country in Oceania → sovereign state →
borderedBy	Bismarck Sea → Coral Sea → Indonesia → Solomon Sea →
callingCode	+675 →
capital	Port Moresby →
contains	Fly River → Highlands region → Sepik River →
continent	Oceania →
currency	Papua New Guinean kina →
currencyCode	PGK →
drivesOnThe	left →
formerColonyOf	Australia →
governmentType	unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy →
hasFeature	large areas of rainforest → one of the world’s highest levels of language diversity → tropical climate →
hasPart	Admiralty Islands → Bougainville Island → New Britain → New Ireland →
hasProperty	extreme cultural diversity → extreme linguistic diversity → rugged terrain → significant seismic activity → significant volcanic activity →
headOfGovernment	James Marape →
headOfState	Charles III →
independenceDate	1975-09-16 →
independenceFrom	Australia →
internetTLD	.pg →
ISO3166-1Alpha2	PG →
ISO3166-1Alpha3	PNG →
largestCity	Port Moresby →
legislature	National Parliament of Papua New Guinea →
locatedOn	island of New Guinea →
majorReligion	Christianity →
memberOf	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation → Commonwealth of Nations → Melanesian Spearhead Group → Pacific Islands Forum → United Nations →
monarch	Charles III →
nationalLanguage	Hiri Motu → Tok Pisin →
neighbouringCountry	Australia → Solomon Islands →
occupies	eastern half of the island of New Guinea →
officialLanguage	English → Hiri Motu → Tok Pisin →
officialReligion	none →
populationEstimateYear	2023 →
primeMinister	James Marape →
region	Melanesia →
timeZone	UTC+10 →
usesScript	Latin script →

Referenced by (114)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Admiralty Islands → Bismarck Archipelago → Bougainville Island → Constitution of Papua New Guinea → Crown in right of Papua New Guinea → Governor-General of Papua New Guinea → Highlands region → Hiri Motu → King of Papua New Guinea → National Parliament of Papua New Guinea → New Britain → New Ireland → Order of Logohu → Order of the Star of Melanesia → Papua New Guinean kina → Port Moresby → Queen of Papua New Guinea → Rabaul → Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration →	country
ASEAN Regional Forum → Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation → Commonwealth countries → Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → Melanesian Spearhead Group → Pacific Community → Pacific Islands Forum → Pacific Islands Forum →	hasMember
Arafura Sea → Coral Sea → southwest Pacific Ocean → western Pacific Ocean →	borders
Malayo-Polynesian languages → Meso-Melanesian languages → Northwest Solomonic languages → Western Oceanic languages →	spokenIn
British monarchy → King of Papua New Guinea → Queen of Papua New Guinea →	headOfStateOf
Bismarck Archipelago → Bougainville Island → Queen of Papua New Guinea ("Papua New Guinea monarchy") →	partOf
Commonwealth of Nations → Western Pacific Region →	hasMemberState
Melanesia → Pacific Islands →	hasPart
Member States of the United Nations → Member States of the United Nations ("Independent State of Papua New Guinea") →	includes
Constitution of Papua New Guinea → Governor-General of Papua New Guinea →	jurisdiction
Solomon Sea → Torres Strait Islanders →	locatedBetween
National Parliament of Papua New Guinea → New Guinea rain forests →	locatedIn
Elizabeth II → Queen of Papua New Guinea →	monarchOf
Hiri Motu → Tok Pisin →	officialStatusIn
Australian pound ("Papua and New Guinea") → Hiri Motu →	usedIn
Highlands region →	administrativeDivisionOf
Crown in right of Papua New Guinea →	appliesToJurisdiction
Sepik River →	basinCountry
Indonesian archipelago →	borderedBy
Solomon Sea →	bordersCountry
Port Moresby →	capitalOf
Easter Monday →	celebratedIn
South Pacific →	contains
Oceania →	containsCountry
PNG →	countryNameEnglish
James Marape →	countryOfCitizenship
Growing Up in New Guinea →	countryOfSubject
Tok Pisin →	countryOrRegion
APNIC →	countryServed
New Ireland →	countrySubdivisionOf
New Guinea →	dividedBetween
New Guinea →	easternHalfAdministeredBy
New Guinea ("mainland Papua New Guinea") →	easternHalfKnownAs
King of Papua New Guinea →	establishedOnIndependenceOf
Reo Fortune →	fieldworkArea
Sepik River →	flowsThrough
Arafura Sea →	hasAdjacentCountry
Indonesia →	hasBorderWith
Solomon Sea →	hasJurisdictionalWatersOf
Port Moresby ("Waigani") →	hasSubdivision
James Marape →	headOfGovernmentOf
Melanesia →	includesSovereignState
Rusa timorensis →	introducedTo
Port Moresby →	isAdministrativeCenterOf
Solomon Sea →	isEastOf
Port Moresby →	isEconomicCenterOf
Port Moresby →	isLargestCityOf
Order of Logohu →	isPrincipalNationalHonourOf
Easter Monday →	isPublicHolidayIn
Papua New Guinean kina →	legalTenderIn
Republic of the Marshall Islands →	locatedNortheastOf
Palikir →	locatedNorthOf
Coral Sea →	locatedSouthOf
Dutch East Indies ("New Guinea") →	majorIsland
Melanesians →	majorPopulationIn
Solomon Islands →	neighboringCountry
Papua New Guinean kina →	officialCurrencyOf
Solomon Islands intervention (RAMSI) →	participatingCountry
Pacific Ring of Fire →	passesThrough
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Hiri Motu →	region
James Marape →	regionOfActivity
House of Windsor →	reigningRoyalHouseOf
PNG →	represents
James Marape →	residence
King of Papua New Guinea →	roleIn
King of Grenada →	sharesMonarchWith
Bismarck Archipelago →	sovereignState
Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration →	successor
Queen of Papua New Guinea →	titleUsedIn