Officially name: The Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Capital: Port Moresby
Largest city: Port Moresby
Official language: English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu
Government: Federal Constitutional Monarchy and Parliamentary Democracy
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Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands (the western portion of the island is a part of the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua). It is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in a region defined since the early 19th century as Melanesia.
Area
Total 462,840 km2 (54th)
Water (%) 2
Population
2009 estimate 6,732,000 (100th)
Density 14.5/km2 (201st)
37.7/sq mi
Currency: Papua New Guinean kina (PGK)
Time zone
AEST (UTC+10)
Summer (DST) not observed (as of 2005) (UTC+10)