| Country name: |
Papua New Guinea |
| Capital: |
Port Moresby |
| Country code: |
364 |
| Continent: |
East & Southeast Asia |
| Currency name: |
Papua New Guinean kina |
| Independence: |
1975-09-16 00:00:00 |
| Independent from: |
from the Australian-administered UN trusteeship |
| Total area (km2): |
462,840 |
| Land area (km2): |
452,860 |
| Water area (km2): |
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; Englis |
| Time zone: |
AEST (UTC+10) - Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+10)(as of 2005) |
| Date format: |
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| Drive on: |
left |
| Calling code: |
+675 |
| Domain: |
.pg |
