Port Moresby

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city national capital

Port Moresby is the largest city and main economic and administrative center of Papua New Guinea, located on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Downtown Port Moresby	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ national capital ⓘ
borderedBy	Central Province ⓘ
callingCode	+675 ⓘ
capitalOf	National Capital District ⓘ Papua New Guinea ⓘ
climateClassification	tropical savanna climate ⓘ
commonlySpokenLanguage	Hiri Motu ⓘ Tok Pisin ⓘ
continent	Oceania ⓘ surface form: Australia and Oceania
country	Papua New Guinea ⓘ
elevation	0–70 metres ⓘ
foundedBy	John Moresby ⓘ
foundingDate	1873 ⓘ
hasHarbour	Fairfax Harbour ⓘ
hasInternationalAirport	Jacksons International Airport ⓘ
hasPostalCodeRange	111–133 ⓘ
hasRole	commercial hub of Papua New Guinea ⓘ political center of Papua New Guinea ⓘ transport hub of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasSportsVenue	Sir John Guise Stadium ⓘ
hasSubdivision	Boroko ⓘ Port Moresby self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Downtown Port Moresby Gordons ⓘ Hohola ⓘ Konedobu ⓘ Papua New Guinea ⓘ surface form: Waigani
hasUniversity	University of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hostedEvent	2015 Pacific Games ⓘ
isAdministrativeCenterOf	Papua New Guinea ⓘ
isEconomicCenterOf	Papua New Guinea ⓘ
isLargestCityOf	Papua New Guinea ⓘ
isOnCoastOf	Papua Gulf region ⓘ
isPortCityOn	Solomon Sea ⓘ surface form: Coral Sea
isSeatOf	government of Papua New Guinea ⓘ surface form: Government of Papua New Guinea National Parliament of Papua New Guinea ⓘ surface form: Parliament of Papua New Guinea Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
KöppenClimateClassification	Aw ⓘ
locatedIn	New Guinea ⓘ Oceania ⓘ South Pacific ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeUnit	National Capital District ⓘ
locatedOn	southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea ⓘ
namedAfter	John Moresby ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
populationEstimateYear	2020 ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+10 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode	P ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Papua New Guinea → capital → Port Moresby ⓘ

Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration → capital → Port Moresby ⓘ

PNG → hasAssociatedCapital → Port Moresby ⓘ

Pacific Islands → hasMajorCity → Port Moresby ⓘ

Port Moresby → hasSubdivision → Port Moresby self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Downtown Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea → largestCity → Port Moresby ⓘ

National Parliament of Papua New Guinea → locatedIn → Port Moresby ⓘ

Papua New Guinean kina → monetaryAuthorityLocation → Port Moresby ⓘ

Governor-General of Papua New Guinea → seat → Port Moresby ⓘ

Hiri Motu → spokenAround → Port Moresby ⓘ

James Marape → workLocation → Port Moresby ⓘ