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Country Code |
PG PNG |
Country Calling Code |
+675 |
Country Profile |
A virtual guide to Papua New Guinea (PNG), a group of islands and an idependent state in Maritime Southeast Asia. Its mainland on the island of New Guinea is bordered by Indonesia. Papua New Guinea shares maritime borders with Australia, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Solomon Islands, and New Caledonia (France). Major islands are New Britain, Latangai, Bougainville,
PNG covers a land area of 462,840 kmē (178,703 sq. mi.), this is somewhat smaller than Spain, or slightly larger than California. |
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Country Area |
462,840 kmē (178,703 sq. mi.) |
Place to Visit |
National Museum and Art Gallery
Varirata National Park
The Rainforest Habitat
Parliament Haus
Tari Basin
JK McCarthy Museum
Volcanology Observatory
Muschu Island
Port Moresby Nature Park
Lae War Cemetery |
News |
The National
Papua New Guinea daily.
The Post-Courier
National news, Port Moresby.
TV
HiTRON
A private satellite/cable tv broadcaster.
International News Sources
BBC News Country Profile: Papua New Guinea
With links to PNG related news and background information.
Search Google for News from Papua New Guinea |
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Art Culture |
Artifacts and Crafts of Papua New Guinea
About the world of "primitive" art Papua New Guinea.
Music Archive for Papua New Guinea
Information on the uses of PNG traditional music in ritual.
Papua New Guinea Gossip Newsletter
An open forum, intended for ALL people interested in Papua New Guinea. |
Economy Business |
Much of the population of Papua New Guinea relies on subsistence farming. The country has a mixed economy in which a lack of a market economy has resulted in state monopolies in some sectors of the economy.
Papua New Guinea sits atop vast, untapped reserves of almost 155 billion cubic meters of natural gas, providing for a huge export opportunity for the country, its liquefied natural gas (LNG) project is the largest resource extraction project in the Asia-Pacific region.
Bank of Papua New Guinea -The central bank of Papua New Guinea.
Bank of South Pacific- BSP is the largest bank in PNG. |
Transport |
Transport in Papua New Guinea is heavily limited by the country's mountainous terrain. Lae, the capital of Morobe Province and the second-largest city in Papua New Guinea is the largest cargo port of the country and is the industrial hub of PNG. At Lae is the start of the Highlands Highway, the main land transport corridor between the Highlands region and the coast.
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Air travel is the most important form of transport for human and freight.
Even today the two largest cities, Port Moresby and Lae, are only directly connected by planes (or boats). |
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Tourism |
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Education |
University of Papua New Guinea
Underfunded public university with two major campuses in Port Moresby. Waigani main campus and Taurama Medical Faculty.
The Papua New Guinea University of Technology
Unitech is located 9 km north of Lae, capital of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. |
Visa Process |
NOTES FOR PAPUA NEW GUINEA TOURIST VISAS:
Maximum Stay: 30 days
TOURIST REQUIREMENTS FOR PAPUA NEW GUINEA VISAS:
One completed Papua New Guinea visa application
One passport type photo
Physical passport with 6 months validity beyond trip completion and one blank visa page
Non-USA passport holders must provide a copy of green card or US Visa and I-94
One copy of flight itinerary
One Allied Passport & Visa order form |
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Additional Information |
Climate: Tropical. NW monsoon, Dec-Mar. SE monsoon, May-Oct.
Type: Constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democracy. Independence: 16 September 1975 (from the Australian-administered UN trusteeship) Constitution: September 16, 1975.
Natural resources: Gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries.
Agriculture products: Coffee, cocoa, copra, palm kernels, tea, sugar, rubber, sweet potatoes, fruit, vegetables, vanilla; shell fish, poultry, pork.
Industries: Copra crushing, palm oil processing, plywood production, wood chip production; mining of gold, silver, and copper; crude oil production, petroleum refining; construction, tourism.
Exports - commodities: oil, gold, copper ore, logs, palm oil, coffee, cocoa, crayfish, prawns
Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, fuels, chemicals |
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Papua New Guinea |
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