The western, Indonesian half of the island known as New Guinea is Papua Barat (West Papua). 2 provinces in that area is Papua Province and Papua Barat Province.
The area of West Papua - province - is 97,024.27 square kilometers.
Papua New Guinea is ranked 61 out of 256 in largeness (Countries, Seas, Islands etc.)Land: 452, 860 sq. kmWater: 9, 980 sq. kmTOTAL: 462, 840 sq. km
The country code and area code of Goroka, Papua New Guinea is 675, 70.
The country code and area code of Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea is 675, 52.
Papua New Guinea
No. Papua New Guinea is almost twice the size of the UK. The area of the United Kingdom is 244,820 square Kilometres (94,526 square miles). Papua New Guinea has an area of 462,243 sq km (178,473 sq miles).
The area of Western Province - Kenya - is 8,361 square kilometers.
The area of Western Highlands Province is 8,500 square kilometers.
The egg laying mammal (monotreme) in Papua New Guinea is the long-beaked echidna.The short-beaked echidna is also found in a small area of southern Papua New Guinea.
The area of Western Province - Solomon Islands - is 5,475 square kilometers.
Yes, Papua New Guinea is certainly not a desert! It is a tropical area that experiences humid rain, usually all year round but mostly in the Southern Hemisphere's winter.