Papua New Guinea
| Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini
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| Motto: Unity in diversity[1] | ||||||
| Anthem: O Arise, All You Sons[2] |
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| Capital (and largest city) |
Port Moresby 9°30′S 147°07′E / 9.5°S 147.117°E |
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| Official language(s) | English Tok Pisin Hiri Motu[3] |
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| Demonym | Papua New Guinean | |||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy | |||||
| - | Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||||
| - | Governor General | Michael Ogio | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Peter O'Neill | ||||
| Independence | ||||||
| - | from Australia | 16 September 1975 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 462,840 km2 (54th) 178,703 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 2 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2011 estimate | 6,187,591[4] (106th) | ||||
| - | 2000 census | 5,190,783 | ||||
| - | Density | 13.37/km2 (201st) 34.62/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2010 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $14.947 billion[5] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $2,300[5] | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $9.668 billion[5] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $1,488[5] | ||||
| Gini (1996) | 50.9 (high) | |||||
| HDI (2010) |  0.431 (low) (140th) |
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| Currency | Papua New Guinean kina (PGK) |
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| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | not observed (as of 2005) (UTC+10) | ||||
| Drives on the | left | |||||
| Internet TLD | .pg | |||||
| Calling code | +675 | |||||
Papua New Guinea is a country near Indonesia and Australia. It contains the east half of New Guinea island and some more nearby islands. The capital city of Papua New Guinea is Port Moresby.
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[change] Divisions
[change] Administrative divisions
Papua New Guinea is divided into four regions. These regions are important for government, commercial, sporting and other activities.
The nation has 20 province-level divisions: eighteen, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and the National Capital District. Each province is divided into one or more districts. The districts are divided into one or more Local Level Government areas.
The province-level divisions are as follows:
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Parliament has approved two additional provinces by 2012: Hela Province, which will be part of the current Southern Highlands Province, and Jiwaka Province, which will be formed by dividing Western Highlands Province.[6]
[change] References
- ↑ Sir Michael Somare (2004-12-06). "Stable Government, Investment Initiatives, and Economic Growth". Keynote address to the 8th Papua New Guinea Mining and Petroleum Conference (Google cache). http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:our6ovOe0JUJ:www.pm.gov.pg/pmsoffice/PMsoffice.nsf/pages/B6475E51C894229B4A256F6900141A4B%3FOpenDocument. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
- ↑ "Never more to rise". The National (February 6, 2006). http://www.thenational.com.pg/020606/w5.htm. Retrieved 2005-01-19.
- ↑ Official languages of Papua New Guinea
- ↑ Central Intelligence Agency (2011). "Papua New Guinea". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nu.html. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Papua New Guinea". International Monetary Fund. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2008&ey=2011&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=853&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=&pr.x=57&pr.y=1. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
- ↑ "''Post-Courier'', "Jiwaka, Hela set to go!" July 15, 2009". Postcourier.com.pg. 2009-07-15. http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20090715/news05.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
[change] Other websites
Dictionary definitions from Wiktionary
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Quotations from Wikiquote
Source texts from Wikisource
Images and media from Commons
News stories from Wikinews
- Government of Papua New Guinea
- Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
- Papua New Guinea at the Open Directory Project
Papua New Guinea travel guide from Wikivoyage- Papua New Guinea focused wiki
- Wikia has a wiki on this subject: Papua New Guinea
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