| Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea | |
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| Official Name Independent State of Papua New Guinea | |
| Motto Unity in diversity | |
| Region Oceania | |
| Sub-Region Melanesia | |
| Capital Port Moresby | |
| Currency Papua New Guinean Kina (PGK) | |
| Independence Day 16 Sep 1975: Independence from Australia of the former Territory of Papua and New Guinea in 1975. | |
| Population 7,398,500 | |
| Nationality Papua New Guinean | |
| Area 462,840 km2 | |
| Neighbor Countries Indonesia | |
| Time Zone AEST (UTC+10, +11) | |
| Geo Location Latitude -6.00, Longitude 147.00 | |
| Dialing Code +675 | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 2 code PG | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 3 code PNG | |
| ISO 9166 numeric 3 code 598 | |
| Code for International Olympic Committee PNG | |
| Country Domain (ccTLD) .pg | |