GeoPointe - Papua New Guinea

Official Name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Location: Southeastern Asia, 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.
Capital: Port Moresby

Area:	total: 462,840 sq km
	land: 452,860 sq km
	water: 9,980 sq km

Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
Highest point: Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m

Children Playing In Water, Manam Island, Madang, Papua New Guinea

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Population: 5,795,887 (July 2007 est.)
Nationality: Papua New Guinean(s)
Ethnic groups: Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian.
Religions: Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%.
Languages: English spoken by 1%-2%, pidgin English widespread, Motu spoken in Papua region. 715 indigenous languages.

Tropical. Northwest monsoon from December to March. Southeast monsoon from May to October. Slight seasonal temperature variation.

Government type: Constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democracy.
Independence: 16 September 1975 (from the Australian-administered UN trusteeship).
National holiday: Independence Day, 16 September (1975).