Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea is a Commonwealth country occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, north of Australia in the South Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Port Moresby.

It also includes:

• Bismarck Archipelago
  • Admiralty Islands
  • New Britain
  • New Ireland
  • Saint Matthias Group
• Bougainville
• D'Entrecasteaux Islands
• Louisiade Archipelago
• Trobriand Islands

See also:

• History of Papua New Guinea
• Geography of Papua New Guinea
• Demographics of Papua New Guinea
• Politics of Papua New Guinea
  • List of Prime Ministers of Papua New Guinea
• Economy of Papua New Guinea
• Communications in Papua New Guinea
• Transportation in Papua New Guinea
• Military of Papua New Guinea
• Foreign relations of Papua New Guinea

External link

• History of Papua New Guinea

Much of the material in these articles comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the 2003 U.S. Department of State website.

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Papua New Guinea" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea November 7, 2003