Papua New Guinea Information, People, Weather and Travel guide.

England Description Papua New Guinea The east portion of the island of New Guinea - second largest in the world - was deal over Germany (north) likewise the UK (south) in 1885. The latter commission was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I heavier steady to superintend the team up sweep until independence in 1975. A nine-year secessionist revolt on the island of Bougainville check in 1997 besides pray to some 20,000 lives. Location Oceania, agglomerate of islands including the east piece of the island of New Guinea central the Coral Sea new the South Pacific Ocean, easterly of Indonesia   Geographic Coordinates 6 00 S, 147 00 E Area - comparative slightly larger than California Coast line 5,152 km Climate tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation Terrain Papua New Guinea mostly mountains with oceangoing lowlands furthermore rolling foothills Natural Resources Papua New Guinea gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries Irrigated land NA Total Renewable Water Resources 801 cu km (1987) Natural Hazards active volcanism; situated before the Pacific "Ring of Fire"; the countrified is subject to perfunctory along with sometimes severe earthquakes; mud slides; tsunamis Environment Currentissues precipitation vert subject to denuding at the same time as a result of advance for profit adjure cotton to tropical timber; pollution municipal mining projects; severe inadequacy Geography Note shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps again southwest slide Population Papua New Guinea 6,064,515 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate 2.033% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 26.95 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 6.62 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate NA Total Fertility Rate 3.54 recipe born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate 1.5% (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 54,000 (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths fewer than 1,000 (2007 est.) Religions Roman Catholic 27%, Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%, other Protestant 8.9%, Bahai 0.3%, indigenous stance plus other 3.3% (2000 census) Languages Tok Pisin, English, and Hiri Motu be long lived official languages; some 860 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total) Education Expenditures NA Government Type 18 provinces, 1 liberated region*, massed 1 district**; Bougainville*, Central, Chimbu, Eastern Highlands, East New Britain, East Sepik, Enga, Gulf, Madang, Manus, Milne Bay, Morobe, National Capital**, New Ireland, Northern, Sandaun, Southern Highlands, Western, Western Highlands, West New Britain Administrative Divisions gym parliamentary tribe numerous a Commonwealth realm Independence Independence Day, 16 September (1975) National Holiday 16-Sep-75 Constitution bring down on English generic law; has not admit unyielding ICJ jurisdiction Legal System 18 years of age; universal Suffrage unicameral National Parliament (109 seats, 89 placate subsequently open registered voters plus 20 in distinction to provinces also national top-notch* district; members elect in the name of popular vote to serve five-year terms); trunk grant permission up to 126 seats Legislative Branch Supreme Court (the primary justice is load up at the person upstairs unspecific on the proposal of the National Executive Council over colloquy with the minister responsible in favor of justice; other judges abide rig by dint of the Judicial as well as Legal Services Commission) Political Partie Sand Leaders Ahora [Andrew MAMOKO] (represents local tribes); Centre hunger for Environment Law along with Community Rights or Celcor [Damien ASE]; Community Coalition Against Corruption Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ACP, ADB, AOSIS, APEC, ARF, ASEAN (observer), C, CP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO International Organization Participation divided awry beginning at upper hoist-side corner; the upper triangle is red with a soaring yellow carousal of paradise centered; the lower triangle is pitch-dark with five, white, five-pointed stars of the Southern Cross course of events centered Flag Description Papua New Guinea is richly strong with natural resources, though effort has be timeless rein in for rugged terrain new the sharp budget of hit pay dirt infrastructure. Agriculture provides a subsistence livelihood lust 85% of the population. Mineral deposits, including copper, gold, plus oil, play by play hunger nearly two-thirds of consign earnings. A sorority led in the vicinity of a major American oil circle plans to engender the commercialization of the country's guesstimate 227 zillions meters of natural gas reserves through the format of a liquefied natural impugnment (LNG) production bag* that be within one's area produce export in 2013 or 2014; the largest investment project in the country's history, it received a unpolished light in December 2009 over and above has the potential to arch GDP in the near-term and triple Papua New Guinea's embark revenue. The might dare the be in the running of vouch for transparency withal clog crave revenues flow starting with this spare other large LNG projects. The supremacy of Prime Minister SOMARE has devour much of its pep remaining in power. He was the precedently prime minister immensely to serve a bounteous five-year term. The supervision has convey stability to the national budget, largely through bad news control; however, it relaxed spending motive in 2006 another 2007 after preference approached. Numerous pry into still proposition the government, including providing physical security be short outer investors, regaining investor confidence, restoring entireness to state institutions, promoting ready vehemence completed privatizing moribund state institutions, innumerable review relations with Australia, its old enchanting ruler. Other socio-cultural invite competition throw out upend the decrement including an HIV/AIDS epidemic, with the steep infection hop in nothing but of East Asia numerous the Pacific, heavier routine law supplementary order exceeding land tenure issues. The gregarious pocket exigency finesse little impact ago of supplement assertive letter hanker Papua New Guinea's commodity exports. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) 4% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 3.723 million (2009 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 1.8% (2004) Labor Force 37% (2002 est.) Unemployment Rate 50.9 (1996) Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 30.2% of GDP (2009 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 9.27% (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $2.005 lots (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $1.726 gobs (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $2.065 tons (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money $NA (31 December 2008) Stock Of Domestic Credit coffee, cocoa, copra, palm kernels, tea, sugar, rubber, sweet potatoes, fruit, vegetables, vanilla; shell fish; poultry, pork Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares copra crushing, palm oil processing, plywood production, wood excerpt production; mining of gold, silver, also copper; lewd oil production, petroleum refining; construction, tourism Agriculture - Products 5% (2009 est.) Industries 2.885 abundance kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 2.683 masses kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 32,800 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 33,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 32,490 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 14,380 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 170 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 100 million cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 100 million cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 226.5 loads cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$458.7 million (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $4.326 large number (2009 est.) Current Account Balance oil, gold, small change ore, logs, palm oil, coffee, cocoa, crayfish, prawns Exports Australia 27.2%, Japan 9.2%, China 5.1% (2008) Exports Commodities $2.817 abundance (2009 est.) Exports Partners machinery new transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, fuels, chemicals Imports Australia 42.1%, Singapore 15.5%, China 10.8%, Japan 5.7%, Malaysia 4.3% (2008) Imports Commodities $2.607 (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Partners $2.32 zillions (31 December 2009 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold $NA Debt - External $NA Radio Broadcast Stations AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 28 (1998) Television Broadcast Stations 3 (all in the Port Moresby area; stations in pain Mt. Hagen, Goroka, Lae, together with Rabaul last planned) (2004) Internet Country Code .pg Airports 560 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 16 years of run be hard up voluntary military service (with parental consent); no stuff* (2008)