Papua New Guinea
Currency code:
Currency name:
Papua New Guinean kina
Country name:
Papua New Guinea
Capital:
Port Moresby
Country code:
Continent:
Independence:
September 16, 1975
Independent from:
from the Australian-administered UN trusteeship
Total area:
462,840
Land area:
452,860
Water area:
9,980
Population:
6,431,902
Population note:
6,431,902 (July 2013 est.)
Official language:
Hiri MotuTok PisinEnglish
All languages:
Tok Pisin (official), English (official), Hiri Motu (official), some 836 indigenous languages spoken (about 12% of the world's total); most languages have fewer than 1,000 speakers
note: Tok Pisin, a creole language, is widely used and understood; English is spoken by 1%-2%; Hiri Motu is spoken by less than 2%
Time zone:
AEST (UTC+10) - Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+10)(as of 2005)
Drive on:
Left
Calling code:
+675
Domain:
.pg