Papua New Guinea

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.

6 00 S, 147 00 E

Unity in diversity
Prime Minister Sir Michael  Somare

Capital

Port Moresby

Government
Federal Constitutional Monarchy and Parliamentary Democracy

Religion
Roman Catholic 27%, Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%, other Protestant 8.9%, Bahai 0.3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3.3%.

Population
6,064,515

Ethnic group
Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian.

National Language                   
English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu.
          
National Day
16 September 1975 From Australia

Anthem
O Arise, All You Sons

Currency
Papua New Guinean kina (PGK)

Attractions
Sepik River,  Wuvulu Island 

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Art & Cultural

The ICON

The Sepik River The Sepik River is the longest river on the island of New Guinea. The majority of the river flows through the Papua New Guinea (PNG) provinces of Sandaun and East Sepik, with a small section flowing through the Indonesian province of Papua. The Sepik, pronounced "sea-pick", is one of the great river systems of the world. It has a large catchment area and landforms that include swamplands, tropical rainforests and mountains. Biologically, the river system is possibly the largest uncontaminated freshwater wetland system in the Asia-Pacific region.

Raggiana Bird