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Papua New Guinea

Also Known As Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Oceania

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. It was granted independence from Australia as a Commonwealth realm on 16 September 1975. Its capital is Port Moresby. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Capital
Port Moresby 2
Population
10,185,363 2
2024 census, a significant downward revision from earlier 2021 estimates of 11,781,559.
Population Estimate Year
2024 2
Area (sq km)
462,840 2
Independence or Founding Year
1975 2
Papua New Guinea was granted independence from Australia as a Commonwealth realm on 16 September 1975.
Landlocked
No 3
Income Group
Lower-Middle 4
Government Type
Constitutional Monarchy 3
Classification
Sovereignty Status
UN Member State 1
Papua New Guinea

Cities

Aitape

Papua New Guinea

Alotau

Papua New Guinea

Arawa

Papua New Guinea

Buka

Papua New Guinea

Bulolo

Papua New Guinea

Daru

Papua New Guinea

Goroka

Papua New Guinea

Kavieng

Papua New Guinea

Kerema

Papua New Guinea

Kimbe

Papua New Guinea

Kiunga

Papua New Guinea

Kokopo

Papua New Guinea

Kundiawa

Papua New Guinea

Lae

Papua New Guinea

Lorengau

Papua New Guinea

Madang

Papua New Guinea

Mendi

Papua New Guinea

Mount Hagen

Papua New Guinea

Popondetta

Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea

Rabaul

Papua New Guinea

Vanimo

Papua New Guinea

Wabag

Papua New Guinea

Wewak

Papua New Guinea
Connections

Associated With

Melanesia, Regions
New Guinea Rainforest, Landforms

Bordered By Water

Arafura Sea, Bodies of Water
Bismarck Sea, Bodies of Water
Coral Sea, Bodies of Water
Gulf of Papua, Bodies of Water
Solomon Sea, Bodies of Water
Torres Strait, Bodies of Water

Has Capital

Port Moresby, Cities

Port Moresby is the capital of Papua New Guinea.

Source Port Moresby (Wikipedia)

Rivers Through Territory

Fly River, Bodies of Water
Sepik River, Bodies of Water
In the Other Atlases

Nationals Include

Buri Kidu

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Gibbs Salika

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Gibbs Salika
Albert Barakeina

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Albert Barakeina (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
Quote, Lead, nationality
is a former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler.
Alice Murphy

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Alice Murphy (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
Alice Murphy is a former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler.
Betty Glassey

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Betty Glassey (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
is a former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler
Catherine Wimp

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Catherine Wimp (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
Quote, Lead, nationality
Catherine Wimp (born 1975) is an international Papua New Guinea lawn bowler.
Con Newbury

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Con Newbury (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
former Papua New Guinean international lawn bowler
Cunera Monalua

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Cunera Monalua (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler
Elizabeth Bure

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Elizabeth Bure (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
Elizabeth Bure (born 1948) is a former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler.
Geua Vada Tau

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Geua Vada Tau (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
Geau Vada-Tau (born 3 May 1957) is a Papua New Guinean lawn bowler.
Gladys Doyle

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Gladys Doyle (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
is a former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler
Iamo Ila

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Iamo Ila (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
Quote, Lead, nationality
is a former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler
Kato Ottio

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Kato Ottio (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
was a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer
Kundi Miki

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Kundi Miki (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
Kundi Miki (born 1947) is a former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler.
Laka Rawali

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Laka Rawali (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
is a former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler
Linda Ahmat

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Linda Ahmat (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
Quote, Lead, nationality
Linda Ahmat (born 1952) is a former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler.
Maggie Worri

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Maggie Worri (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
is a former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler
Margaret Ramsbotham

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Margaret Ramsbotham (Wikipedia)Lead sentence
Quote, Lead sentence
is a former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler
Martin Seeto

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Martin Seeto (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
Quote, Lead, nationality
Martin Seeto (born 1962) is a former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler.
Norma de la Motte

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Norma de la Motte (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
is a former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler
Olive Howard

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Olive Howard (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
Quote, Lead, nationality
is a former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler
Phyl Spyers

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Phyl Spyers (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
is a former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler
Piwen Karkar

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Piwen Karkar (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
Piwen Karkar (born 18 March 1995) is an international Papua New Guinea lawn bowler.
Tau Nancie

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Tau Nancie (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
is a former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler
Wena Piande

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wena Piande (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
is a former Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler

Origin Of

Banana

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Banana (Wikipedia)
Sugarcane

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Sugarcanetier 2
Haus Tambaran Architecture

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Getty Research Institute, Art and Architecture Thesaurus: Haus TambaranScope note
Quote, Scope note
that are located in Papua New Guinea
Winged Bean

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Cooks Info: Winged BeanEncyclopaedia entry text
Quote, Encyclopaedia entry text
Winged Beans are native to Papua New Guinea
Moka Exchange

Also in Society and Culture Atlas: which originated in this subject.

The Kula Ring

Also in Society and Culture Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Kula Ringopening definition and description sectionstier 3
Quote, opening definition and description sections
Kula, also known as the Kula exchange or Kula ring, is a ceremonial exchange system conducted in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.

Location Of

Pacific Games

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Source Pacific Games (Wikipedia)Lead, host list, host country (2)
Quote, Lead, host list, host country (2)
Papua New Guinea (1969, 1991, 2015)

Site Of

Bank of Papua New Guinea

Also in Economics Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Found There

Palei languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Papuan Gulf

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Papuan Gulf
Piore River languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Porapora languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Pyu language (Papuan)

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Ram languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Schouten languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Sepik Hill languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Serra Hills languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Sogeram languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Teberan-Pawaian languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Trans-New Guinea

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Trans-New Guinea
Turama-Kikorian languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Upper Sepik languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Upper Yuat

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Upper Yuat
Urim languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Walio languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Wapei languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Wapei-Palei languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Western Skou languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Yareban languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Yele-West New Britain languages

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Yuat

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Yuat
Constitution of Papua New Guinea

Also in Law Atlas: found in this subject.

Customary Law

Also in Law Atlas: found in this subject.

Source An Introduction to Comparative LawKonrad Zweigert and Hein Koetz; English translation by Tony Weir
Law of Papua New Guinea

Also in Law Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Law of Papua New Guinea (Wikipedia)
Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea

Also in Law Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea (Wikipedia)
Admiralty flying fox

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Admiralty flying fox (Wikipedia)Lead, range
Quote, Lead, range
It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Admiralty Island cuscus

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Admiralty Island cuscus (Wikipedia)Lead, where it lives
Quote, Lead, where it lives
It is endemic to the Admiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea.
Aerodramus

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Allonautilus

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: AllonautilusDistribution: Papua New Guineatier 2
Quote, Distribution: Papua New Guinea
Live individuals of Allonautilus scrobiculatus have only been collected in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Papua New Guinea
Quote, Distribution, Papua New Guinea
It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago including the Admiralty Islands in Papua New Guinea.
Anoplogaster Cornuta

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Asian long-fingered bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Asian long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (13)
Quote, Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (13)
Pakistan · Papua New Guinea · Russia
Banyan

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Bare-backed fruit bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Bare-backed fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Papua New Guinea
Quote, Distribution, Papua New Guinea
It is found in Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea, and Australia.
Beccari's free-tailed bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Ozimops beccarii (Wikipedia)Range and habitat
Quote, Range and habitat
Ozimops beccarii is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Beccari's sheath-tailed bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Emballonura beccarii - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, Papua New Guinea
Quote, Country distribution, Papua New Guinea
Country distribution Indonesia · Papua New Guinea
Big-eared flying fox

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Big-eared flying fox (Wikipedia)Distribution, Papua New Guinea
Quote, Distribution, Papua New Guinea
The species is distributed across a range in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and islands nearing the Cape York Peninsula at the northeast of Australia, at elevations less than 500 metres and often in coastal mangroves.
Big-eared mastiff bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Big-eared mastiff bat (Wikipedia)Lead, where it lives
Quote, Lead, where it lives
is a species of bat in the Molossidae family endemic to Papua New Guinea
Bishop's moss mouse

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Bishop's moss mouse (Wikipedia)Lead, range
Quote, Lead, range
that is endemic to Papua New Guinea
Bismarck giant rat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Bismarck giant rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
Quote, Lead, range
It is endemic to the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Bismarck masked flying fox

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Bismarck masked flying fox (Wikipedia)Distribution, Papua New Guinea
Quote, Distribution, Papua New Guinea
The Bismarck masked flying fox (Pteropus capistratus) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae found in Papua New Guinea and named after the Bismarck Archipelago.
Black flying fox

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Black flying fox (Wikipedia)Distribution
Quote, Distribution
native to Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia), Papua New Guinea (Western Province)
Black-bellied fruit bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Black-bellied fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Papua New Guinea
Quote, Distribution, Papua New Guinea
Black-bellied fruit bats are endemic to the subtropical or tropical Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea.
Black-spotted cuscus

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Black-spotted cuscus (Wikipedia)Geographic range and habitat, where it lives
Quote, Geographic range and habitat, where it lives
it has been commonly seen in Sattelberg, a village in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea
Bougainville monkey-faced bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Bougainville monkey-faced bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Papua New Guinea
Quote, Distribution, Papua New Guinea
The Bougainville monkey-faced bat or Bougainville flying monkey (Pteralopex anceps) is a megabat endemic to Bougainville Island of Papua New Guinea and Choiseul Island of the Solomon Islands in Melanesia.
Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
It is found only in Papua New Guinea.
Bougainville naked-tailed rat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Bougainville naked-tailed rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
Quote, Lead, range
It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Broad-striped tube-nosed fruit bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Broad-striped tube-nosed fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Papua New Guinea
Quote, Distribution, Papua New Guinea
It is found in West Papua, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and central Philippines.

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Sources
1. Member States of the United Nations (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIntroduction
Quote, Introduction
The United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states and the world's largest intergovernmental organization.
View the Source
2. Papua New Guinea (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox
    Independent State of Papua New Guinea
  • Infobox, capital
    Port Moresby
  • Infobox, area
    462,840 km2
  • Demographics section, 2024
    10,185,363 (2024 census), distinct from earlier 2021 estimates of 11,781,559
  • History section, independence
    Papua New Guinea was granted independence as a Commonwealth realm in 1975.
  • Lead section
    Papua New Guinea (PNG), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia.
View the Source
3. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Papua New Guinea
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)
  • Geography, Coastline
    5,152 km
  • Government, Government type
    parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
View the Source
4. World Bank Open Data: World Bank Open Data, country list with income level
World Bank Open DataCountry record PNG, incomeLevel
Quote, Country record PNG, incomeLevel
"name": "Papua New Guinea", "region": { "id": "EAS", "iso2code": "Z4", "value": "East Asia \u0026 Pacific" }, "adminregion": { "id": "EAP", "iso2code": "4E", "value": "East Asia \u0026 Pacific (excluding high income)" }, "incomeLevel": { "id": "LMC", "iso2code": "XN", "value": "Lower middle income" }
View the Source
Wikidata: Papua New Guinea
Wikidata Q691, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
New Guinea (Wikipedia)
Encompasses: New Guinea, Lead, third paragraph
Quote, Encompasses: New Guinea, Lead, third paragraph
The eastern half of the island is the major land mass of the nation of Papua New Guinea.
View the Source

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