Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Capital: Port Moresby Population: 6,310,129 Official Languages: English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu Time Zone: +10 Dialing Code: +675

Government: Unitary parliamentary democracy Area: 462,840 km2 Legislature: National Parliament Currency : Guinean kina ISO 3166 code: PG

Basic Info

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea (the western portion of the island is a part of the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua) and numerous offshore islands. It is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in a region described since the early 19th century as Melanesia. The capital is Port Moresby

Geography

At 462,840 km2 (178,704 sq mi), Papua New Guinea is the world's fifty-fourth largest country. Including all its islands, it lies between latitudes 0° and 12°S, and longitudes 140° and 160°E.

Climate

Tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation. In lower altitudes, the temperature is around 80°F (27°C) year round. But the higher altitudes are a constant 70°F (21°C).

Religion

The courts and government practice uphold the constitutional right to freedom of speech, thought, and belief, and no legislation to curb those rights has been adopted. The 2000 census found that 96% of citizens identified themselves as members of a Christian church; however, many citizens combine their Christian faith with some traditional indigenous religious practices. The census percentages were as follows:

• Catholic Church (27.0%)

• Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea (19.5%)

• United Church (11.5%)

• Seventh-day Adventist Church (10.0%)

• Pentecostal (8.6%)

• Evangelical Alliance (5.2%)

• Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea (3.2%)

• Baptist (0.5%)

• Church of Christ (0.4%)

• Bahá'í Faith (0.3%)

• Jehovah's Witnesses (0.3%)

• Salvation Army (0.2%)

• Other Christian (8.0%)

Administrative divisions

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