Papua New Guinea
Appearance
Coordinates: 6°S 147°E / 6°S 147°E
Independent State o Papua New Guinea
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Motto: "Unity in diversity"[1] | |
Location o Papua New Guinea (green) | |
Caipital and largest city | Port Moresby 9°30′S 147°07′E / 9.500°S 147.117°E |
Offeecial leids[3][4] | |
Demonym(s) | Papua New Guinean |
Govrenment | Unitar pairlamentar constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Charles III |
Bob Dadae | |
James Marape | |
Legislatur | Naitional Pairlament |
Unthirldom frae Australie | |
1 Julie 1949 | |
• Declared an recognised | 16 September 1975 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 462,840 km2 (178,700 sq mi) (54t) |
• Water (%) | 2 |
Population | |
• 2011 census preliminary estimate | 7,059,653[5] (102nt) |
• 2000 census | 5,190,783 |
• Density | 15/km2 (38.8/sq mi) (201st) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $29.481 billion[6] (139t) |
• Per capita | $3,635[6] |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $21.189 billion[6] (115t) |
• Per capita | $2,613[6] |
Gini (1996) | 50.9[7] heich |
HDI (2015) | 0.516[8] law · 154t |
Currency | Papua New Guinean kina (PGK) |
Time zone | UTC+10, +11 (AEST) |
Drivin side | caur |
Cawin code | +675 |
ISO 3166 code | PG |
Internet TLD | .pg |
Papua New Guinea is a kintra in Oceania. It haes a population o 5,900,000, an its caipital ceety is Port Moresby. Papua New Guinea is extremey cultureilly divers, wi mare then tae thousan deestinct speeches extant amoong the indwallers, and menay tribes hae cultures an customs completely differing fro eachoer.
Much o Papua New Guinea is covered in thicke reenforest, in which be livin a greet menay endemic species.
His Maijesty Charles III is the King an heid o state o Papua New Guinea. Sir Michael Somare is the current Prime Meenister.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Somare, Michael (6 December 2004). "Stable Government, Investment Initiatives, and Economic Growth". Keynote address to the 8th Papua New Guinea Mining and Petroleum Conference. Archived frae the original on 28 Juin 2006. Retrieved 9 August 2007. Archived 2006-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Never more to rise". The National (February 6, 2006). Archived frae the original on 13 Julie 2007. Retrieved 19 Januar 2005.
- ↑ "Papua New Guinea". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. 2012. Archived frae the original on 16 Mey 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ↑ "Sign language becomes an official language in PNG". Radio New Zealand. 21 Mey 2015.
- ↑ Population a concern postcourier.com.pg (25 June 2013). [deid airtin]
- ↑ a b c d "Papua New Guinea". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 25 Julie 2017.
- ↑ "GINI index". World Bank. Retrieved 30 Julie 2013.
- ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
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