Papua New Guinea
Independent State of Papua New Guinea
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About Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is a very diverse country, with most people living in rural areas with few or no facilities. Many tribes live in the isolated mountainous interior and have little contact with the outside world in a non-monetarised culture. More then 700 native languages still exist today. Most of the total land area is geographically very diverse, extremely rugged and very difficult to travel, with highland regions and dense rainforests in the lowland and coastal regions. Around the Chambri Lakes many species of birds can be found that are typical for Papua New Guinea like egrets, pied herons and kingfishers.
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General information
- Capital: Port Moresby
- Language: Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region
- Climate: Tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October)
- Timezone: UTC+10
- Currency: 1 Kina (PGK) = 100 toea
- Electricity plugs: i (show)
- No. of inhabitants: 5,545,268 (July 2005 est.)
- Interl. accesscode +675
- Toplevel domain .pg
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People of Papua New Guinea are skillfull hunters, farmers and good fishermen. Developing these skills is extremely important in the tribal cultures. Local rituals with painting of bodies and dressing up with feathers, pearls and animal skins can frequently be witnessed.
Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous beliefs
National holiday: Independence Day, 16 September (1975)
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