PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Name:
Papua New Guinea (Independent State of Papua New Guinea)
Bordering countries:
Indonesia
Status:
sovereign state
Surface:
462.8 ths. sq. km
Population (2003):
5 296 ths.
Capital:
Port Moresby
Official language:
English
Current national symbols
Historical symbols:
South (1884-1945)
North (1884-1945)
Australian trust territory of Papua New Guinea (1945-1975)
Separatist symbols
