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Country Profile: Papua New Guinea

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Region: Pacific Islands

Capital: Port Moresby

Population: 7,259,456

Area Total: 461,690

Area Land: 451,710

Climate: Tropical; northwest monsoon (Dec.-March), southeast monsoon (May-Oct.); slight seasonal temperature variation; cooler at high elevations
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Largest Cities
City Population Estimated
Arawa 40,266 2020
Lae 76,255 2020
Port Moresby 283,733 2020

Other Key Data
Region: Pacific Islands
Population: 7,259,456
Area Total: 461,690km2
Area Land: 451,710km2
Coast Line: 5,152km
Capital: Port Moresby
Climate: Tropical; northwest monsoon (Dec.-March), southeast monsoon (May-Oct.); slight seasonal temperature variation; cooler at high elevations
Languages: English
Pidgin English
Motu
Total of 650--700 tribal languages
Currency: 1 kina (K$) = 100 toea
Holiday: Independence Day is 16 September (1975), Queen's Birthday is 10 June


Average Daily Temperature
January: °C / 77.40°F
July: °C / 75.20°F
Annual Rainfall: mm / 110.5"


Boundaries
Indonesia 820 km


Ethnic Divisions
Melanesian 0.00%
Papuan 0.00%
Negrito 0.00%
Micronesian 0.00%
Polynesian 0.00%


Religions
Indigenous beliefs 34.00%
Roman Catholic 22.00%
Lutheran 16.00%
other Protestant 10.00%
Presbyterian/Methodist 8.00%
Anglican 5.00%
Evangelical Alliance 4.00%
Seventh-Day Adventist 1.00%

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