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Capital | Port Moresby |
Government Type | parliamentary democracy (National Parliament) under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm |
Currency | PGK |
Population | 7,259,456 |
Total Area |
178,703 Square Miles 462,840 Square Kilometers |
Location | Oceania, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia |
Language | Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region |
GDP - real growth rate | 16% |
Map of Papua New Guinea
Source: Google News