World Countries

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea coat of arms
The flag of Papua New Guinea is divided diagonally, from the upper hoist-side corner to the lower fly-side corner, into a lower black and an upper red triangle. On the hoist side of the lower black triangle is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation made up of one small and four larger five-pointed white stars. A golden Raggiana bird-of-paradise is situated on the fly side of the upper red triangle.

Common Name: Papua New Guinea

Official Name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Geographic Details

CapitalPort Moresby
Continent(s)Oceania
RegionOceania
SubregionMelanesia
Landlocked❌
Area462,840 km²
Coordinates(6° 0' S, 147° 0' E)

Demographic and Political Information

Population8,947,027
CurrencyPapua New Guinean kina (K)
TimezonesUTC+10:00
LanguagesEnglish, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin
UN Member✅

Additional Information

Top-level Domain.pg
Calling Code+6
Independent✅
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