Papua New Guinea

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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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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

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Rusa timorensis introducedTo Papua New Guinea
Palikir locatedNorthOf Papua New Guinea
Tok Pisin countryOrRegion Papua New Guinea
Tok Pisin officialStatusIn Papua New Guinea
RMI locatedNortheastOf Papua New Guinea
subject surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands
Bismarck Archipelago partOf Papua New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago country Papua New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago sovereignState Papua New Guinea
Admiralty Islands country Papua New Guinea
Hiri Motu country Papua New Guinea
Hiri Motu officialStatusIn Papua New Guinea
Hiri Motu region Papua New Guinea
Hiri Motu usedIn Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinean kina country Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinean kina officialCurrencyOf Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinean kina legalTenderIn Papua New Guinea
James Marape countryOfCitizenship Papua New Guinea
James Marape headOfGovernmentOf Papua New Guinea
James Marape residence Papua New Guinea
James Marape regionOfActivity Papua New Guinea
New Britain country Papua New Guinea
New Ireland country Papua New Guinea
New Ireland countrySubdivisionOf Papua New Guinea
Highlands region country Papua New Guinea
Highlands region administrativeDivisionOf Papua New Guinea
PNG represents Papua New Guinea
PNG countryNameEnglish Papua New Guinea
Reo Fortune fieldworkArea Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby country Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby capitalOf Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby isLargestCityOf Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby isAdministrativeCenterOf Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby isEconomicCenterOf Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby hasSubdivision Papua New Guinea
this entity surface form: Waigani
Commonwealth of Nations hasMemberState Papua New Guinea
King of Grenada sharesMonarchWith Papua New Guinea
Western Pacific Region hasMemberState Papua New Guinea
Rabaul country Papua New Guinea
Torres Strait Islanders locatedBetween Papua New Guinea
Order of Logohu country Papua New Guinea
Order of the Star of Melanesia country Papua New Guinea
Constitution of Papua New Guinea country Papua New Guinea