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.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Papua New Guinea canonical	949
Papua and New Guinea	5
Independent State of Papua New Guinea	2
Papua New Guinea mainland	2
mainland Papua New Guinea	2
New Guinea	1
Papua New Guinea (modern political entity containing Bougainville)	1
Papua New Guinea monarchy	1
Papua New Guinea region	1
State of Papua New Guinea	1
Waigani	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, King of Canada ⓘ surface form: 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	New Guinea ⓘ surface form: island of New Guinea
majorReligion	Christianity ⓘ
memberOf	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ⓘ Commonwealth countries ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Nations Melanesian Spearhead Group ⓘ Pacific Islands Forum ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
monarch	Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ surface form: 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 (966)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacific Ring of Fire → passesThrough → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Elizabeth II → monarchOf → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation → hasMember → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Dutch East Indies → majorIsland → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Guinea

Commonwealth countries → hasMember → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

House of Windsor → reigningRoyalHouseOf → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Member States of the United Nations → includes → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Pacific Community → hasMember → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Indonesia → hasBorderWith → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Pacific Islands Forum → hasMember → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Oceania → containsCountry → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

South Pacific → contains → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Coral Sea → locatedSouthOf → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Coral Sea → borders → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Queen of Papua New Guinea → country → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Queen of Papua New Guinea → headOfStateOf → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Queen of Papua New Guinea → titleUsedIn → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Queen of Papua New Guinea → monarchOf → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Queen of Papua New Guinea → partOf → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Papua New Guinea monarchy

Melanesia → hasPart → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Melanesia → includesSovereignState → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Australian pound → usedIn → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Papua and New Guinea

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Easter Monday → celebratedIn → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Easter Monday → isPublicHolidayIn → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

PIF → hasMember → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

subject surface form: Pacific Islands Forum

Melanesian Spearhead Group → hasMember → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Pacific Islands → hasPart → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

ASEAN Regional Forum → hasMember → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

New Guinea rain forests → locatedIn → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Malayo-Polynesian languages → spokenIn → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Solomon Islands → neighboringCountry → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Northwest Solomonic languages → spokenIn → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Meso-Melanesian languages → spokenIn → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

New Guinea → dividedBetween → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

New Guinea → easternHalfKnownAs → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: mainland Papua New Guinea

New Guinea → easternHalfAdministeredBy → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Solomon Sea → locatedBetween → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Solomon Sea → bordersCountry → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Solomon Sea → isEastOf → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Solomon Sea → hasJurisdictionalWatersOf → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Western Oceanic languages → spokenIn → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Bougainville Island → partOf → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Bougainville Island → country → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

western Pacific Ocean → borders → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

British monarchy → headOfStateOf → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Indonesian archipelago → borderedBy → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

southwest Pacific Ocean → borders → Papua New Guinea ⓘ

APNIC → countryServed → Papua New Guinea ⓘ