context: Papua - New Guinea [1], Papua New Guinea [2] [3] (full name - The Independent State of Papua New Guinea [4]; English: Papua New Guinea [ˈpæpuːə njuː ˈɡɪni] æpæp Tokp Tokp Tokpж, Pisin: Papua Niugini, Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini) - a state in Oceania, in the southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean, occupies the eastern part of New Guinea island, the Bismarck archipelago, the northern part of the Solomon Islands (Bougainville, Buka Islands), va D'Antrcasto et al. Area - 462,840 km². The population is 7,275,324 people [5] [6] [7] (2011) - mainly Papuans and Melanesians. The urban population is 15.2% (1991).
question: What is the area of ​​Papua New Guinea?
answers.text: 462,840 km²