Geographical position: Papua New Guinea is located in 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.
The country’s climate is tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation.
Languages: Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region.
Port Moresby is the capital of Papua New Guinea.
Surface: 462,840 sq km
Population: 5,545,268
System of government: constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democracy
Capital: constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democracy
Religion: Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%
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| Cities: Vacations and Tourism |
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Madang |
Port moresby |
