Papua New Guinea
Location:
Papua New Guinea from Oceania is composed by the east part of New Guinea Island and by other several dozens of islands and islets. This insular country is situated east of Indonesia and north of Australia bordered by the Pacific Ocean and Bismarck Sea in north, Coral Sea in south and it has Solomon Sea inside.
Area/Surface:
462.840 km²
Population:
6.350.000 people
Capital:
Port Moresby 365.000 people
Currency:
Kina
Languages spoken:
English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu and other several hundreds of dialects
Religion:
Animism, Lutheranism
Government form:
Parliamentary Democracy
Time zone:
+10 hours Greenwich time
Cars:
PG
Calling code:
+275
Papua New Guinea
Relief in Papua New Guinea:
Papua New Guinea is home for several hundreds of ethnic groups among the most numerous are Malaysians, Papuans, Micronesians and Polynesians. Among 600 islands and islets, only a few of them are inhabited and three quarters of the total population are living in the rural area. Because it’s a part of the famous Pacific Ring of Fire, many of the country’s islands are volcanic in origins and the rest are coral islands. The relief is predominantly mountainous with the presence of numerous active volcanoes representing a large part of the world’s volcanic activity. Wilhelm volcano from Maoke Mountains is the highest peak in the country with 4.509 m height. (Find more journeys on blog.worldlifetimejourneys.com) Just a few areas are covered by plains and low elevation territories, but these are fertile due to the volcanic soil.
Climate, fauna and flora:
The climate is tropical with a high humidity and high temperatures, with a rainy season between December and March and a dry season between April and November. More than three quarters of the territory is covered by tropical forests and because Papua New Guinea is situated between Asia and Australia makes a unique and diversified fauna and flora that shelter both Asian and Australian species representing approximately 5% of the world’s species of plants and animals.
Agriculture, resources and other aspects about Papua New Guinea:
The agriculture besides fishing and tourism is an important activity and the locals cultivate cereals, fruits, vegetables for the own living and also oil palms, coffee and tea trees, copra, ules and sugar cane, but the largest part of the earnings is coming from the rich resources of copper, gold, nickel and natural gas. Papua New Guinea is a contrasting country where are living several hundreds of tribes every single one with their own lifestyle and culture unchanged for thousands of years. The country obtained the independence from Australia at 16 September 1975. Visit Papua New Guinea!
Hiking on the Kokoda track in Papua New Guinea
