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Papua New Guinea Description Papua New Guinea
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The eastern half of the island of New Guinea - second largest in the world - was divided between Germany (north) and the UK (south) in 1885. The latter area was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I and continued to administer the combined areas until independence in 1975. A nine-year secessionist revolt on the island of Bougainville ended in 1997 after claiming some 20,000 lives.
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Location
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Oceania, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than California
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Natural resources Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
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gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries
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Population Papua New Guinea
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6,064,515 (July 2010 est.)
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Papua New Guinea Religions Papua New Guinea
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Roman Catholic 27%, Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%, other Protestant 8.9%, Bahai 0.3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3.3% (2000 census)
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Languages
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Tok Pisin, English, and Hiri Motu are official languages; some 860 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total)
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Papua New Guinea Education Papua New Guinea expenditures
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NA
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Government Papua New Guinea type
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18 provinces, 1 autonomous region*, and 1 district**; Bougainville*, Central, Chimbu, Eastern Highlands, East New Britain, East Sepik, Enga, Gulf, Madang, Manus, Milne Bay, Morobe, National Capital**, New Ireland, Northern, Sandaun, Southern Highlands, Western, Western Highlands, West New Britain
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Independence
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Independence Day, 16 September (1975)
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Papua New Guinea Economy - overview
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Investment Papua New Guinea
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Industries Papua New Guinea
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2.885 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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Airports Papua New Guinea
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oil 195 km (2009)
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