page_title: Outline of Papua New Guinea
section_title: General reference
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Papua New Guinea / General reference
caption_attribution_description: Español: Papúa Nueva Guinea y Archipiélago BismarckEnglish: Map of Papua New Guinea. Note that the spellings are erroneous, more than once, in giving "Britian" instead of "Britain". Deutsch: Karte von Papua-Neuguinea
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Papua New Guinea:
  The Independent State of Papua New Guinea is a sovereign island nation of Oceania comprising the eastern half of the Island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands in the western South Pacific Ocean. Papua New Guinea is located in a region defined since the early 19th century as Melanesia. Its capital, and one of its few major cities, is Port Moresby. It is one of the most diverse countries on Earth, with over 850 indigenous languages and at least as many traditional societies, out of a population of just under 6 million. It is also one of the most rural, with only 18 per cent of its people living in urban centres. The country is also one of the world's least explored, culturally and geographically, and many undiscovered species of plants and animals are thought to exist in the interior of Papua New Guinea.
  The majority of the population live in traditional societies and practise subsistence-based agriculture. These societies and clans have some explicit acknowledgement within the nation's constitutional framework.
context_section_description: Pronunciation: /ˈpæpwə njuː ˈɡɪni/
  Common English country name:  Papua New Guinea
  Official English country name:  The Independent State of Papua New Guinea
  Adjectives: Papua New Guinean
  Demonym(s): Papua New Guinean
  Etymology: Name of Papua New Guinea
  International rankings of Papua New Guinea
  ISO country codes:  PG, PNG, 598
  ISO region codes:  See ISO 3166-2:PG
  Internet country code top-level domain:  .pg
caption: An enlargeable relief map of Papua New Guinea
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