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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Maututu dialect country Papua New Guinea
Titan language country Papua New Guinea
Lele language country Papua New Guinea
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Leipon language country Papua New Guinea
Vulcan country Papua New Guinea
Hanuabada country Papua New Guinea
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