Papua New Guinea
Basic Information
Official name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Native name: Papua New Guinea
Population: 8,947,027
Area: 462,840 km²
Region: Oceania
Sub Region: Melanesia
Capital: Port Moresby
Coordinates: -6°, 147°
Landlocked: No
Political & Administrative
UN Member: Yes
Independent: Yes
Status: officially-assigned
ISO Code (Alpha-2): PG
ISO Code (Alpha-3): PNG
Olympic Code: PNG
FIFA Code: PNG
Top level domain: .pg
Start of week: monday
Currencies
Papua New Guinean kina (K) - PGK
Languages
English (eng)Hiri Motu (hmo)Tok Pisin (tpi)
Timezones
UTC+10:00
Continents
Oceania
Demonyms
eng: Papua New Guinean/Papua New Guineanfra: Papouasien/Papouasienne
GINI Index
2009: 41.9
Driving
Side: leftSign: PNG
International Dialing
+675
Coat of Arms
Border Countries: