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Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia).
Early history. British New Guinea. German New Guinea. Australian mandate. World War II. Territorial merger. Papua New Guinea. New Guinea portal. v. t. e. The prehistory of Papua New Guinea can be traced to about 50,000–60,000 years ago, when people first migrated towards the Australian continent.
Pop. density. 18/km 2 (47/sq mi) Ethnic groups. Papuan and others ( Austronesians and Melanesians) New Guinea ( Tok Pisin: Niugini; Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Indonesian: Papua, fossilized Nugini, [a] or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of 785,753 km 2 (303,381 sq mi).
- 785,753 km² (303,381 sq mi)
- 14,800,000 (2020)
- 2nd
- Melanesia
The geography of Papua New Guinea describes the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, the islands of New Ireland, New Britain and Bougainville, and smaller nearby islands. Together these make up the nation of Papua New Guinea in tropical Oceania , located in the western edge of the Pacific Ocean .
- Ranked 54th
- Pacific Ocean, 0 m
- Mount Wilhelm, 4,509 metres (14,793 ft)
- Oceania
The culture of Papua New Guinea is complex and multifaceted. It is estimated that more than 7000 different cultural groups exist in Papua New Guinea, and most groups have their own language.
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Port Moresby ( / ˈmɔːrzbi /; Tok Pisin: Pot Mosbi ), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New Zealand.
The indigenous population of Papua New Guinea is one of the most heterogeneous in the world. Papua New Guinea has several thousand separate communities, most with only a few hundred people. Divided by language, customs, and tradition, some of these communities have engaged in endemic warfare with their neighbors for centuries.
