The Independent State of Papua New Guinea is a sovereign island nation

Island nation

An island country is a state whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands. As of 2011, 47 of the 193 UN member states are island countries.-Politics:...

 of Oceania

Oceania

Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...

 comprising the eastern half of the Island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands in the western South Pacific Ocean. Papua New Guinea is located in a region defined since the early 19th century as Melanesia

Melanesia

Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania extending from the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji. The region comprises most of the islands immediately north and northeast of Australia...

. Its capital, and one of its few major cities, is Port Moresby

Port Moresby

Port Moresby , or Pot Mosbi in Tok Pisin, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea . It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43...

. It is one of the most diverse countries on Earth, with over 850 indigenous languages and at least as many traditional societies, out of a population of just under 6 million. It is also one of the most rural, with only 18 per cent of its people living in urban

Urbanization

Urbanization, urbanisation or urban drift is the physical growth of urban areas as a result of global change. The United Nations projected that half of the world's population would live in urban areas at the end of 2008....

 centres. The country is also one of the world's least explored, culturally and geographically, and many undiscovered species of plants and animals are thought to exist in the interior of Papua New Guinea.

The majority of the population live in traditional societies and practise subsistence-based agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

. These societies and clans have some explicit acknowledgement within the nation's constitutional framework. The PNG Constitution (Preamble 5(4)) expresses the wish for traditional villages and communities to remain as viable units of Papua New Guinean society, and for active steps to be taken in their preservation. The PNG legislature has enacted various laws in which a type of tenure called "customary land title" is recognised, meaning that the traditional lands of the indigenous peoples

Indigenous peoples

Indigenous peoples are ethnic groups that are defined as indigenous according to one of the various definitions of the term, there is no universally accepted definition but most of which carry connotations of being the "original inhabitants" of a territory....

 have some legal basis to inalienable tenure. This customary land notionally covers most of the usable land in the country (some 97% of total land area); alienated land is either held privately under State Lease or is government land. Freehold Title (also known as fee simple

Fee simple

In English law, a fee simple is an estate in land, a form of freehold ownership. It is the most common way that real estate is owned in common law countries, and is ordinarily the most complete ownership interest that can be had in real property short of allodial title, which is often reserved...

) can only be held by Papua New Guinea citizens.

The country's geography is similarly diverse and, in places, extremely rugged. A spine of mountains runs the length of the island of New Guinea, forming a populous highlands

Highland (geography)

The term highland or upland is used to denote any mountainous region or elevated mountainous plateau. Generally speaking, the term upland tends to be used for ranges of hills, typically up to 500-600m, and highland for ranges of low mountains.The Scottish Highlands refers to the mountainous...

 region. Dense rainforest

Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions based on a minimum normal annual rainfall of 1750-2000 mm...

s can be found in the lowland and coastal areas. This terrain has made it difficult for the country to develop transportation infrastructure. In some areas, planes are the only mode of transport. After being ruled by three external powers since 1884, Papua New Guinea gained its independence

Independence

Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory....

 from Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 in 1975.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Papua New Guinea:

General reference

• Pronunciation
  International Phonetic Alphabet
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  :
• Common English country name: Papua New Guinea
  Papua New Guinea
  Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
  
  
• Official English country name: The Independent State of Papua New Guinea
• Adjectives: Papua New Guinean, Papuan
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology
  Etymology
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  : Name of Papua New Guinea
• International rankings of Papua New Guinea
  International rankings of Papua New Guinea
  - International rankings :...
  
  
• ISO country codes: PG, PNG, 598
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:PG
  ISO 3166-2:PG
  ISO 3166-2:PG is the entry for Papua New Guinea in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Papua New Guinea, ISO...
  
  
• Internet
  Internet
  The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
  
   country code top-level domain
  Country code top-level domain
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  : .pg
  .pg
  .pg is the Internet country code top-level domain for Papua New Guinea.Registrations are made beneath the second-level names .com.pg, .net.pg, .ac.pg, .gov.pg, .mil.pg, and .org.pg....
  
  

Geography of Papua New Guinea

• Papua New Guinea is...
  • a country
    Country
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     on an island
    • a nation state
    • a Commonwealth Realm
      Commonwealth Realm
      A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state within the Commonwealth of Nations that has Elizabeth II as its monarch and head of state. The sixteen current realms have a combined land area of 18.8 million km² , and a population of 134 million, of which all, except about two million, live in the six...
      
      
• Location:
  • Southern Hemisphere
    Southern Hemisphere
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     and Eastern Hemisphere
    Eastern Hemisphere
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  • Pacific Ocean
    Pacific Ocean
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    • South Pacific
      • Oceania
        Oceania
        Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...
        
        
        • Melanesia
          Melanesia
          Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania extending from the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji. The region comprises most of the islands immediately north and northeast of Australia...
          
          
          • New Guinea
            New Guinea
            New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
            
             (eastern half)
  • Time zone
    Time zone
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    : UTC+10
    UTC+10
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  • Extreme points of Papua New Guinea
    • High: Mount Wilhelm
      Mount Wilhelm
      Mount Wilhelm is the highest mountain in Papua New Guinea at . It is part of the Bismarck Range and the peak is the point where three provinces intersect, Simbu, Western Highlands and Madang...
      
       4509 m (14,793 ft)
    • Low: Coral Sea
      Coral Sea
      The Coral Sea is a marginal sea off the northeast coast of Australia. It is bounded in the west by the east coast of Queensland, thereby including the Great Barrier Reef, in the east by Vanuatu and by New Caledonia, and in the north approximately by the southern extremity of the Solomon Islands...
      
       and South Pacific Ocean 0 m
  • Land boundaries:  Indonesia 820 km
  • Coastline: 5,152 km
• Population of Papua New Guinea: 6,331,000 - 101st most populous country
• Area of Papua New Guinea: 245,857 km²
• Atlas of Papua New Guinea

Environment of Papua New Guinea

• Climate of Papua New Guinea
• Environmental issues in Papua New Guinea
• Ecoregions in Papua New Guinea
• Renewable energy in Papua New Guinea
• Geology of Papua New Guinea
• Protected areas of Papua New Guinea
  • Biosphere reserves in Papua New Guinea
  • National parks of Papua New Guinea
• Wildlife of Papua New Guinea
  • Flora of Papua New Guinea
  • Fauna of Papua New Guinea
    • Birds of Papua New Guinea
    • Mammals of Papua New Guinea

Natural geographic features of Papua New Guinea

• Fjords of Papua New Guinea
• Glaciers of Papua New Guinea
• Islands of Papua New Guinea
• Lakes of Papua New Guinea
• Mountains of Papua New Guinea
  • Volcanoes in Papua New Guinea
• Rivers of Papua New Guinea
  • Waterfalls of Papua New Guinea
• Valleys of Papua New Guinea
• World Heritage Sites in Papua New Guinea

Ecoregions of Papua New Guinea

Administrative divisions of Papua New Guinea

• Provinces of Papua New Guinea
  Provinces of Papua New Guinea
  The provinces of Papua New Guinea are the primary administrative divisions of the country. Provincial governments are branches of the national government– Papua New Guinea is not a federation of provinces...
  
  
  • Districts of Papua New Guinea
    • Municipalities of Papua New Guinea

Municipalities of Papua New Guinea

• Capital of Papua New Guinea: Port Moresby
• Cities of Papua New Guinea

Government and politics of Papua New Guinea

Main article: Government of Papua New Guinea and Politics of Papua New Guinea

Politics of Papua New Guinea

The politics of Papua New Guinea takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy within the Commonwealth of Nations, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government and of a multi-party system. Papua New Guinea is an independent country and Commonwealth Realm....

• Form of government
  Form of government
  A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
  
  :
• Capital of Papua New Guinea: Port Moresby

• Elections in Papua New Guinea
  Elections in Papua New Guinea
  Elections in Papua New Guinea gives information on election and election results in Papua New Guinea.Papua New Guinea elects on national level a legislature...
  
  
  • (specific elections)
• Political parties in Papua New Guinea
• Political scandals of Papua New Guinea
• Taxation in Papua New Guinea

Executive branch of the government of Papua New Guinea

• Head of state
  Head of State
  A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
  
  : Queen of Papua New Guinea,
• Head of government
  Head of government
  Head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...
  
  : Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
  Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
  The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, is Papua New Guinea's head of government, consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in the National Parliament. Since 2 August 2011, the Prime Minister has been Peter O’Neill of the People's National Congress Party.-List...
  
  ,
• Cabinet of Papua New Guinea
  Cabinet of Papua New Guinea
  The Cabinet of Papua New Guinea functions as the policy and decision-making body of the executive branch within the government system of Papua New Guinea...
  
  

Legislative branch of the government of Papua New Guinea

• Parliament of Papua New Guinea (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Papua New Guinea

• Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea
  Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea
  The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea has been the highest court of Papua New Guinea since 16 September 1975, replacing the pre-Independence Supreme Court and the overseas appellate tribunals from 1902 to 1975 of the High Court of Australia and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council...
  
  

Foreign relations of Papua New Guinea

• Diplomatic missions in Papua New Guinea
• Diplomatic missions of Papua New Guinea
• Australia-Papua New Guinea relations
  Australia-Papua New Guinea relations
  Papua New Guinea is Australia's closest neighbour, and former dependent territory. Relations between Canberra and Port Moresby are close, although there have been tensions in recent years...
  
  

International organization membership

The Independent State of Papua New Guinea is a member of:

• African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
• Asian Development Bank
  Asian Development Bank
  The Asian Development Bank is a regional development bank established on 22 August 1966 to facilitate economic development of countries in Asia...
  
   (ADB)
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
  Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
  Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim countries that seeks to promote free trade and economic cooperation throughout the Asia-Pacific region...
  
   (APEC)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations
  Association of Southeast Asian Nations
  The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly abbreviated ASEAN rarely ), is a geo-political and economic organization of ten countries located in Southeast Asia, which was formed on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Since then, membership has...
  
   (ASEAN) (observer)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum (ARF)
• Colombo Plan
  Colombo Plan
  The Colombo Plan is a regional organization that embodies the concept of collective inter-governmental effort to strengthen economic and social development of member countries in the Asia-Pacific Region...
  
   (CP)
• Commonwealth of Nations
  Commonwealth of Nations
  The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...
  
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization
  Food and Agriculture Organization
  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and...
  
   (FAO)
• Group of 77
  Group of 77
  The Group of 77 at the United Nations is a loose coalition of developing nations, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 founding members of the organization, but the organization has...
  
   (G77)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is one of five institutions that compose the World Bank Group. The IBRD is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by World War II. Now, its mission has expanded to fight...
  
   (IBRD)
• International Civil Aviation Organization
  International Civil Aviation Organization
  The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
  
   (ICAO)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association
  International Development Association
  The International Development Association , is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. It complements the World Bank's other lending arm — the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development — which serves middle-income countries with capital investment and...
  
   (IDA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a humanitarian institution that is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement along with the ICRC and 186 distinct National Societies...
  
   (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation
  International Finance Corporation
  The International Finance Corporation promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries.IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States....
  
   (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development
  International Fund for Agricultural Development
  The International Fund for Agricultural Development , a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries...
  
   (IFAD)
• International Hydrographic Organization
  International Hydrographic Organization
  The International Hydrographic Organization is the inter-governmental organisation representing the hydrographic community. It enjoys observer status at the UN and is the recognised competent authority on hydrographic surveying and nautical charting...
  
   (IHO)
• International Labour Organization
  International Labour Organization
  The International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...
  
   (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization
  International Maritime Organization
  The International Maritime Organization , formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization , was established in Geneva in 1948, and came into force ten years later, meeting for the first time in 1959...
  
   (IMO)
• International Monetary Fund
  International Monetary Fund
  The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
  
   (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee
  International Olympic Committee
  The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
  
   (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration
  International Organization for Migration
  The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization. It was initially established in 1951 as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration to help resettle people displaced by World War II....
  
   (IOM) (observer)

• International Organization for Standardization
  International Organization for Standardization
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   (ISO) (correspondent)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human...
  
   (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union
  International Telecommunication Union
  The International Telecommunication Union is the specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for information and communication technologies...
  
   (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization is an intergovernmental organisation charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat.-External links:*...
  
   (ITSO)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency is a member organization of the World Bank Group that offers political risk insurance. It was established to promote foreign direct investment into developing countries. MIGA was founded in 1988 with a capital base of $1 billion and is headquartered in...
  
   (MIGA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
• Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Pacific Islands Forum
  Pacific Islands Forum
  The Pacific Islands Forum is an inter-governmental organization that aims to enhance cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean. It was founded in 1971 as the South Pacific Forum...
  
   (PIF)
• Secretariat of the Pacific Community
  Secretariat of the Pacific Community
  The Secretariat of the Pacific Community, or SPC , is a regional intergovernmental organisation whose membership includes both nations and territories...
  
   (SPC)
• South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement
  South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement
  The South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement is a nonreciprocal trade agreement in which Australia and New Zealand offer duty-free and unrestricted access for specified products originating from the developing island member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum...
  
   (Sparteca)
• United Nations
  United Nations
  The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
  
   (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
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   (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  United Nations Industrial Development Organization
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   (UNIDO)
• Universal Postal Union
  Universal Postal Union
  The Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system. The UPU contains four bodies consisting of the Congress, the Council of Administration , the Postal Operations Council and the...
  
   (UPU)
• World Customs Organization
  World Customs Organization
  The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. With its worldwide membership, the WCO is recognized as the voice of the global customs community...
  
   (WCO)
• World Health Organization
  World Health Organization
  The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
  
   (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization
  World Intellectual Property Organization
  The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
  
   (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization
  World Meteorological Organization
  The World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 189 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization , which was founded in 1873...
  
   (WMO)
• World Tourism Organization
  World Tourism Organization
  The World Tourism Organization , based in Madrid, Spain, is a United Nations agency dealing with questions relating to tourism. It compiles the World Tourism rankings. The World Tourism Organization is a significant global body, concerned with the collection and collation of statistical information...
  
   (UNWTO)
• World Trade Organization
  World Trade Organization
  The World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...
  
   (WTO)

Law and order in Papua New Guinea

• Capital punishment in Papua New Guinea
  Capital punishment in Papua New Guinea
  Capital punishment is legal in Papua New Guinea, but has not been imposed for over twenty years. Amnesty International currently categorises Papua New Guinea as abolitionist in practice....
  
  
• Constitution of Papua New Guinea
• Crime in Papua New Guinea
• Human rights in Papua New Guinea
  Human Rights In Papua New Guinea
  Papua New Guinea is a constitutional parliamentary democracy with an estimated population of 6,187,591. The current Prime Minister Peter O’Neill was voted into parliament on the 2nd August 2011 by 70 votes to 24 after enough deflections occurred to declare the position of prime minister vacant...
  
  
  • LGBT rights in Papua New Guinea
    LGBT rights in Papua New Guinea
    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Papua New Guinea face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Male homosexuality is prohibited according to section 210 of the Papua New Guinea penal code. Those caught engaging in anal sex can get punished with up to 14 years...
    
    
  • Freedom of religion in Papua New Guinea
• Law enforcement in Papua New Guinea

Military of Papua New Guinea

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief
    Commander-in-Chief
    A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
    
    :
    • Ministry of Defence of Papua New Guinea
• Forces
  • Army of Papua New Guinea
  • Navy of Papua New Guinea
  • Air Force of Papua New Guinea
  • Special forces of Papua New Guinea
• Military history of Papua New Guinea
• Military ranks of Papua New Guinea

History of Papua New Guinea

Main article: History of Papua New Guinea

History of Papua New Guinea

The prehistory of Papua New Guinea can be traced back to about 60,000 years ago when people first migrated towards the Australian continent. The written history began when European navigators first sighted New Guinea in the early part of the 16th century....

, Timeline of the history of Papua New Guinea, and Current events of Papua New Guinea

• Economic history of Papua New Guinea
• Military history of Papua New Guinea

Culture of Papua New Guinea

• Architecture of Papua New Guinea
• Cuisine of Papua New Guinea
• Ethnic minorities in Papua New Guinea
• Festivals in Papua New Guinea
• Humor in Papua New Guinea
• Languages of Papua New Guinea
  Languages of Papua New Guinea
  The languages of Papua New Guinea today number over 850, making it the most linguistically diverse place on earth. Its official languages are Tok Pisin, English and Hiri Motu...
  
  
• Media in Papua New Guinea
• National symbols of Papua New Guinea
  • Coat of arms of Papua New Guinea
    Coat of arms of Papua New Guinea
    The national emblem of Papua New Guinea consists of a bird of paradise over a traditional spear and a kundu drum....
    
    
  • Flag of Papua New Guinea
    Flag of Papua New Guinea
    The flag of Papua New Guinea was adopted on July 1, 1971. In the hoist, it depicts the Southern Cross; in the fly, a raggiana bird of paradise is silhouetted. The designer of the flag was 15 year old schoolgirl Susan Huhume who won a nationwide competition for a new flag design in 1971.Red and...
    
    
  • National anthem of Papua New Guinea
• People of Papua New Guinea
• Prostitution in Papua New Guinea
• Public holidays in Papua New Guinea
• Records of Papua New Guinea
• Religion in Papua New Guinea
  Religion in Papua New Guinea
  Religion in Papua New Guinea is predominantly Christian with traditional animist and ancestor worship still found in some places. The courts and government in both theory and practice uphold a constitutional right to freedom of speech, thought, and belief...
  
  
  • Buddhism in Papua New Guinea
  • Christianity in Papua New Guinea
  • Hinduism in Papua New Guinea
  • Islam in Papua New Guinea
    Islam in Papua New Guinea
    Islam in Papua New Guinea is a minority religion; the US department of state estimates that there are about 2,000 Muslims in the country.-History:...
    
    
  • Judaism in Papua New Guinea
  • Sikhism in Papua New Guinea
• World Heritage Sites in Papua New Guinea

Art in Papua New Guinea

• Art in Papua New Guinea
• Cinema of Papua New Guinea
• Literature of Papua New Guinea
  Literature of Papua New Guinea
  Papua New Guinean literature is diverse. The emergence of written literature is comparatively recent in Papua New Guinea. It was given its first major stimulus with the setting up of creative writing courses by Ulli Beier at the University of Papua New Guinea...
  
  
• Music of Papua New Guinea
  Music of Papua New Guinea
  The music of Papua New Guinea has a long history.-Traditional music:Christian missionaries disapproved of Papuan folk music throughout the colonial period of the country's history. Even after independence, the outside world knew little of the diverse peoples' traditional music genres...
  
  
• Television in Papua New Guinea
• Theatre in Papua New Guinea

Sports in Papua New Guinea

• Football in Papua New Guinea
  Football in Papua New Guinea
  The sport of football in the country of Papua New Guinea is run by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. The association administers the national football team as well as the national league....
  
  
• Papua New Guinea at the Olympics
  Papua New Guinea at the Olympics
  Papua New Guinea first participated at the Olympic Games in 1976, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics...
  
  

Economy and infrastructure of Papua New Guinea

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 133rd (one hundred and thirty third)

• Agriculture in Papua New Guinea
  Agriculture in Papua New Guinea
  Agriculture in Papua New Guinea has a more than 7,000 years old history. Currently around 85% of Papua New Guinea's population lives from semi-subsistence agriculture.-History:...
  
  
• Banking in Papua New Guinea
  • National Bank of Papua New Guinea
• Communications in Papua New Guinea
  Communications in Papua New Guinea
  This article is about Communications in Papua New Guinea.-Telephone:Telephones - main lines in use:63,000 Telephones - mobile cellular:75,000 Telephone system:...
  
  
  • Internet in Papua New Guinea
• Companies of Papua New Guinea

• Currency of Papua New Guinea
  Currency
  In economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
  
  : Kina
  Papua New Guinean kina
  The kina is the currency of Papua New Guinea. It is divided in 100 toea. The kina was introduced on 19 April 1975, replacing the Australian dollar at par...
  
  
  • ISO 4217
    ISO 4217
    ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes , and references to minor units in three tables:* Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list...
    
    : PGK

• Economic history of Papua New Guinea
• Energy in Papua New Guinea
  • Energy policy of Papua New Guinea
  • Oil industry in Papua New Guinea
• Mining in Papua New Guinea
  Mining in Papua New Guinea
  Mining in Papua New Guinea is an important source for the Papua New Guinea economy.-History:Up until 1970, there was little mineral extraction in Papua New Guinea, but since the 1970s mineral extraction has dominated the national economy....
  
  
• Tourism in Papua New Guinea
  Tourism in Papua New Guinea
  Tourism in Papua New Guinea is fledgling but there are many attractions for the potential visitor. These include culture, markets, festivals, diving, surfing, hiking, fishing and the unique flora and fauna. Each year about 70 000 tourists visit Papua.-History:...
  
  
• Transport in Papua New Guinea
  Transport in Papua New Guinea
  Transport in Papua New Guinea is in many cases heavily limited by the mountainous terrain. The capital, Port Moresby, is not linked by road to any of the other major towns and many highland villages can only be reached by light aircraft or on foot....
  
  

• Papua New Guinea Stock Exchange

Infrastructure of Papua New Guinea

• Health care in Papua New Guinea
• Transportation in Papua New Guinea
  • Airports in Papua New Guinea
  • Rail transport in Papua New Guinea
  • Roads in Papua New Guinea
• Water supply and sanitation in Papua New Guinea

See also

• Commonwealth realm
  Commonwealth Realm
  A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state within the Commonwealth of Nations that has Elizabeth II as its monarch and head of state. The sixteen current realms have a combined land area of 18.8 million km² , and a population of 134 million, of which all, except about two million, live in the six...
  
  
• Index of Papua New Guinea-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Papua New Guinea-related topics
• Member state of the Commonwealth of Nations
• Member state of the United Nations
• Monarchy of Papua New Guinea
  Monarchy of Papua New Guinea
  The monarchy of Papua New Guinea is a system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Papua New Guinea. The present monarch of Papua New Guinea is Queen Elizabeth II. Papua New Guinea share the Sovereign with a number of Commonwealth realms...
  
  
• Outline of geography
  Outline of geography
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
  
  
• Outline of Oceania
  Outline of Oceania
  Oceania is a geographical, and often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term is also sometimes used to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate Pacific islands,....
  
  

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