Papua New Guinea

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Country Name	Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Short Name	Papua New Guinea
Capital	Port Moresby
Largest city	Port Moresby
Official languages	English, Hiri Motu, PNG, Sign Language, Tok Pisin
National Languages	Tok Pisin
Religion	95.5% Christianity —64.3% Protestantism —26.0% Catholicism —5.2% Other Christian, 3.1% Unspecified, 1.4% Others/None
Demonym(s)	Papua New Guinean
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
President	Governor-General – Bob Dadae
Vice President	Prime Minister – James Marape
House Speaker	Job Pomat
Chief Justice	Sir Gibbs Salika
Total Area	462,840 km² (178,700 sq mi)
Water (%)	2
Total Land Area (%)	453,583.2 km²
Population	8,935,000 (2020 estimate)
GDP (PPP)	$32.382 billion (2019 estimate)
GDP (Nominal)	$21.543 billion (2019 estimate)
Currency	Papua New Guinean kina (PGK)
Time zone	UTC+10, +11 (AEST)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Mains Electricity	240 V – 50 Hz
Driving side	left
Calling code	+675
ISO 3166 code	PG
Internet TLD	.pg
Political Parties	Allegiance Party (ALG) Christian Democratic Party (CDP) Coalition for Reform Party (CFRP) Grassroot United Front Party (GRUF)
Independence Day	16 September 1975
Tallest Building	Noble Center Grand Papua Hotel Star Mountain Plaza Raintree Hotel & Suites
Richest Persons	Peter O’Neill Mekere Morauta Julius Chan Michael Somare
Top Website	bsp.com.pg dwu.ac.pg xhamster.com google.com.pg
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