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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New Guinea mangroves country Papua New Guinea
Trans–New Guinea languages spokenIn Papua New Guinea
Tabar spokenIn Papua New Guinea
Tabar country Papua New Guinea
Gamma Crucis appearsOnFlagOf Papua New Guinea
Central Range country Papua New Guinea
Central Cordillera country Papua New Guinea
birds-of-paradise nativeTo Papua New Guinea
Nalik spokenIn Papua New Guinea
Nalik country Papua New Guinea
Nalik isMinorityLanguageIn Papua New Guinea
Notsi country Papua New Guinea
Notsi spokenIn Papua New Guinea
Western Bismarck languages country Papua New Guinea
Western Bismarck languages spokenIn Papua New Guinea
Papuan Tip cluster isSpokenIn Papua New Guinea
Suauic languages spokenIn Papua New Guinea
Willaumez languages locatedIn Papua New Guinea
Ngero – Vitiaz languages spokenIn Papua New Guinea
subject surface form: Ngero–Vitiaz languages
Bel languages spokenIn Papua New Guinea
Bel languages primaryCountry Papua New Guinea
Huon Gulf languages spokenIn Papua New Guinea
Tolai language spokenIn Papua New Guinea
Tolai language country Papua New Guinea
Nalik language spokenIn Papua New Guinea
Nalik language country Papua New Guinea
Kove language spokenIn Papua New Guinea
Kove language country Papua New Guinea
Gedaged language country Papua New Guinea
Papuan peoples primaryRegion Papua New Guinea
Papuan peoples country Papua New Guinea
Motu language country Papua New Guinea
Motu language spokenIn Papua New Guinea
Commonwealth republics hasMember Papua New Guinea
Schouten languages country Papua New Guinea
Takuan Group locatedIn Papua New Guinea
Takuan Group country Papua New Guinea
Bougainvilleans country Papua New Guinea
Panguna mine country Papua New Guinea
Bougainville Civil War conflictIn Papua New Guinea
Bougainville Civil War country Papua New Guinea
Kandas country Papua New Guinea
Kandas spokenIn Papua New Guinea
Kandas isIndigenousTo Papua New Guinea