Papua New Guinea topic
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Papua New Guinea ( /ˈpæpuːə njuː ˈgɪni/ (help·info), also /ˈpɑːpuːə/ or /ˈpæpjuːə/; Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini), 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 (the western portion of the island is a part of 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. Its capital, and...
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-5.9054
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147.40796
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462,840.0km²
| USBG name |
- PAPUA NEW GUINEA
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- PNG
| ISO Numeric |
- 598
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- PNG
| ISO Alpha Code |
PG
| ISO Short Name |
- PAPUA NEW GUINEA
| FIPS Code |
PP
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| Date founded |
Dec 1, 1973
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5,795,887
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Jul 2007
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