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3 days ago · The country takes its name from the wider area of the Solomon Islands archipelago, which is a collection of Melanesian islands that also includes the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (currently a part of Papua New Guinea), but excludes the Santa Cruz Islands.
2 days ago · Papua is a province of Indonesia, comprising the northern coast of Western New Guinea together with island groups in Cenderawasih Bay to the west. It roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Tabi Saireri.
- 27 December 1949
- 1 May 1963
- 30 June 2022
2 days ago · Modern humans first arrived in Papua New Guinea from Africa around 50,000 years ago. There, they interbred with Denisovans who'd been living in Asia for tens of thousands of years .
4 days ago · Oceania, in its most restricted meaning, includes more than 10,000 islands, with a total land area (excluding Australia but including Papua New Guinea and New Zealand) of approximately 317,700 square miles (822,800 square km).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
5 days ago · /ˌpɑːpuə ˌnuː ˈɡɪni/ a part of the former country of New Guinea in South-East Asia. The British and Australian governments had colonial interests there from 1888. Papua New Guinea has been a member of the Commonwealth since it became fully independent in 1975. Its official language is English and its capital city is Port Moresby. Join us.
5 days ago · Guinea (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ n i / ⓘ GHIN-ee), officially the Republic of Guinea (French: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Cote d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sierra Leone and Liberia to the south.
4 days ago · Overview. The Hidden Valley mine is an open-pit gold and silver operation in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, some 210km north-west of Port Moresby. The mine is located at elevations of 1 700m to 2 800m above sea level in steep mountainous and forested terrain with high annual rainfall.
