Explore Papua New Guinea in Oceania - Papua New Guinea Tourism Info
Description and Basic Information
Papua New Guinea with its capital Port Moresby is located in Oceania (Oceania, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean). It covers some 462,841 square kilometres (slightly larger than California) with 5,921,000 citizens. English, Hiri Motu and are languages spoken by the majority in Papua New Guinea (consider regional differences). Indonesia is a bordering country.
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Diving Papau New Guinea
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About Papua New Guinea
The terrain offers mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills. The average density of population is about 12 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical with northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October), slight seasonal temperature variation. Possible natural disasters include active volcanism or situated along the Pacific ", Ring of Fire", , the country being subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes, mud slides or tsunamis.
To reach someone in Papua New Guinea dial +675 prior to a number. There are 60,000 installed telephones. And there are 900,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".pg". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 240V - 50Hz.
The country consists of 20 regions/states which are listed below.
Regions/States of Papua New Guinea
Tourism Information
Official Tourism Office
Website: Papua New Guinea Tourism
2nd Floor MMI Building
Port Moresby
PO Box 1291, Port Moresby
National Capital District
Papua New Guinea
Phone: +675 320 0211
Fax: +675 320 0223
Unesco World Heritage Properties
Kuk Early Agricultural Site
Kuk Early Agricultural Site consists of 116 ha of swamps in the western highlands of New Guinea 1,500 metres above sea-level. Archaeological excavation has revealed the landscape to be one of...
Demographic Information
Age Distribution in Papua New Guinea
Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.
Birthrate
The number of people born in Papua New Guinea has declined over the last 10 years by 5.7 births per thousand from 32.7 in 2001 to 27 in 2010. Currently, 163,439 children are born each year.
Natural Deathrate
The number of people naturally dying in Papua New Guinea has declined over the last 10 years by 0.8 deaths per thousand from 7.4 in 2001 to 6.6 in 2010. Currently, 40,147 people die each year.
Natural Population Growth
Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Papua New Guinea is growing at an rate of 2.03% (or by 123,292 citizens). Each year 0 people enter this country (or 0.00 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 2.03%. Or an total increase of 123,292 citizens.
Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.
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