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State of Papua New Guina
Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini (Tok Pisin)
Flag Png-flag
Coat of Arms Png-coa
Motto Unity in Diversity
Anthem "O Arise, All You Sons"
Royal Anthem "God Save the Queen"
Capital Port Moresby
Official Languages English
Tok Pisin
Government Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor General Sir Michael Ogio GCMG CBE
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill CMG
Legislature National Parliament
Independence from the Australia
Unification of Papua and New Guinea 25 March 1949
Declared and recognised 16 September 1975
Currency Papua New Guinean kina (PGK)


Papua New Guinea, officially the State of Papua New Guinea (in Tok Pisin, Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country in Oceania occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and a number of surrounding islands. It is one of the seventeen British Commonwealth Realms.

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