We live by one of these rivers and work with the Nimo tribal people who number about 250 men, women and children. The capital is Port Moresby. There are 3 million people of Negroid descent. The main staple of the highlands is sweet potatoes and of the lowlands is sago pudding or taro and yams. Some of the country's exports are cocoa, coffee, copper, coconut oil, and sugar.
New Guinea lies a few degrees below the equator.
The lowlands are hot, tropical rain forests and the highlands are semi-tropical mountain plains with an ideal, pleasant climate. The mountain ranges and plains run down the center of New Guinea. New Guinea is the size of California with a population of 4.6 million. There are 900 separate languages in New Guinea making the trade language Pidgin English a very vital link in communication.