Atlas of Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea

	Papua New Guinea Papua Niugini

English	Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea 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 occupied by the ► Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Irian Jaya). It is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in a region defined since the early 19th century as Melanesia., and has maritime borders with ► Micronesia, ► Nauru, the ► Solomon Islands and ► Australia. In the east lies the autonomous province of ► Bougainville. Its capital, and one of its few major cities, is Port Moresby. 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 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.
Tok Pisin	Papua Niugini - Papua Niugini em i wanpela kantri bilong Pasifik, long Kontinen Osenia. Kapitol na taun bikpela tumas bilong em i Pot Mosbi.

Short name	Papua New Guinea
Official name	Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Status	Independent country since 1975
Location	Pacific Ocean
Capital	Port Moresby, Pot Mosby
Population	5,887,000 inhabitants
Area	462,840 km²
Major languages	English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu
Major religions	Protestantism and Roman Catolicism
More information	Papua New Guinea, Geography of Papua New Guinea, History of Papua New Guinea and Politics of Papua New Guinea
More images	Papua New Guinea - Papua New Guinea (Category).

General maps

Map of Papua New Guinea

Provinces of Papua New Guinea

Districts of Papua New Guinea
Districts and LLGs of Papua New Guinea

LLGs of Papua New Guinea
Districts and LLGs of Papua New Guinea

Bougainville Province	Central Province	East New Britain Province	East Sepik Province
Eastern Highlands Province	Enga Province	Gulf Province	Madang Province
Manus Province	Milne Bay Province	Morobe Province	National Capital District
New Ireland Province	Oro Province	Simbu Province	Southern Highlands Province
Western Province	Western Highlands Province	West New Britain Province	West Sepik Province

Divisions of Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian part of Papua

Map of Bougainville (Northern Solomons)) in Papua New Guinea

Map of Bougainville

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Papua New Guinea, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Papua New Guinea.

Division of the Germany colonies in Oceania after World War I

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.

Map of New Guinea ('Nova Guinea'), Spanish/Portuguese, c.1600; as reproduced in G. Collingridge's 1906 work, "The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea"

Notes and references

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