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 Independent State of Papua New Guinea Auctions Ending Now! Auctions Ended You must be a registered member of eBay to search for completed items.
Capital: Port Moresby
Total Area: 178,703.52 sq mi,462,840.00 sq km,(slightly larger than California)
Population: 5,049,055 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050: 10,670,394
Languages: English spoken by 1%-2%, pidgin English widespread, Motu spoken in Papua region,note: 715 indigenous languages
Literacy: 72.2% total, 81.0% male, 62.7% female (1995 est.)
Religions: Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%
Life Expectancy: 61.39 male, 65.64 female (2001 est.)
Government Type: constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democracy
Currency: 1 kina (K) = 100 toea
GDP (per capita): $2,500 (2000 est.)
Industry: copra crushing, palm oil processing, plywood production, wood chip production; mining of gold, silver, and copper; crude oil production; construction, tourism
Agriculture: coffee, cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, tea, rubber, sweet potatoes, fruit, vegetables; poultry, pork
Arable Land: 0.1%
Natural Resources: gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries
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