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Papua New Guinea is part of the Australasian realm, which also includes Australia, New Zealand, eastern Indonesia, and several Pacific island groups, including the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Including all its islands, it lies between latitudes 0° and 12°S, and longitudes 140° and 160°E.
- Indigenous People of New Guinea
The indigenous peoples of Western New Guinea in Indonesia...
- Languages of Papua New Guinea
Languages English English-language sign on Doini Island.....
- Papua and New Guinea Act 1949
The Papua and New Guinea Act 1949 was an Act passed by the...
- Bob Dadae
Sir Bob Bofeng Dadae GCL GCMG KStJ (born 8 March 1961) is a...
- Papua New Guinea Defence Force
The Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) is the military...
- James Marape
James Marape (born 24 April 1971) is a Papua New Guinean...
- Geography of Papua New Guinea
The geography of Papua New Guinea describes the eastern half...
- Western New Guinea
PA. PB. Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian...
- Jacksons International Airport
Port Moresby International Airport (IATA: POM, ICAO: AYPY),...
- Indonesia–Papua New Guinea relations
Papua New Guinea. Indonesia–Papua New Guinea relations are...
- Indigenous People of New Guinea
Papua Nugini ( bahasa Inggris : Papua New Guinea ), dengan nama resmi Negara Merdeka Papua Nugini ( bahasa Inggris : Independent State of Papua New Guinea ), adalah sebuah negara yang terletak di bagian timur Pulau Papua dan berbatasan darat langsung dengan Provinsi-provinsi Indonesia seperti Provinsi Papua, Papua Pegunungan, dan Papua Selatan ...
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Western New Guinea was formally annexed by Indonesia in 1969. From 1971, the name Papua New Guinea was used for the Australian territory. On 16 September 1975, Australia granted full independence to Papua New Guinea. In 2000, Irian Jaya was formally renamed "The Province of Papua" and a Law on Special Autonomy was passed in 2001.
- 785,753 km² (303,381 sq mi)
- 14,800,000 (2020)
- 2nd
- Melanesia
The Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border is the international border between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The border, which divides the island of New Guinea in half, consists of two straight north–south lines connected by a short section running along the Fly river, totalling 824 km (512 mi). [1] The boundary separates Papua, Highland Papua ...
History of Papua New Guinea. The prehistory of Papua New Guinea can be traced to about 50,000–60,000 years ago, when people first migrated towards the Australian continent. The written history began when European navigators first sighted New Guinea in the early part of the 17th century.
