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New Guinea
Located north of Australia, New Guinea is the world's second largest island.
430 Questions
What does the papua in Papua New Guinea mean?
The name 'Papua New Guinea' is derived from two sources. 'Papua' comes from the Malay word pepuah which was used to describe the distinctive, frizzy Melanesian hair of the people, while 'New Guinea' is derived from 'Nueva Guinea', the name used by Spanish explorer Yñigo Ortiz de Retez, who named the island that because he observed that the people were similar in appearance to those occupying the Guinea coast of Africa.
What island is papua new guinea on?
Papua, not to be confused with Papua New Guinea, takes up most of the western half of the island of New Guinea, while Papua New Guinea takes up the eastern half. It is a province of Indonesia.
What are differences between Papua New Guinea and Australia?
They are two different countries. Australia largly takes after England and American and is mainly populated by 'whites' (for the lack of a better word) where as Papua New Guinea follows nations like Singapore and Malaysia and is mostly populated by 'asians' (again for the lack of a better word).
Australia is more modern and technologically advanced than most parts of Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea once belonged to Australia but declared independence in 1975.
For more information mearly search both Australia and Papua New Guinea on wikipedia and compare for yourself.
How do you say hello and goodbye in Papua new guinea?
There is no such word for saying Hello in general
there's
Sugeng Enjang for Good Morning
Sugeng Dalu for Good Evening
for a complete list, here is the link
http://www.apu.ac.jp/~gunarto/lang/java.html
Is Papua New Guinea a part of the Australian continent?
Papua New Guinea, and the island of New Guinea on which it is located, is part of Oceania, which is a geographical region and not a continent. It is not part of Australia.
Papua New Guinea has been an independent country since 16 September 1975. Before that Papua New Guinea was a territory which was governed by Australia.
The Pangaea theory states that long ago, the island of New Guinea was connected to Australia.
What sea separates New Guinea and Australia?
The three seas which border both New Guinea and Australia are the Arafura Sea, Coral Sea and Timor Sea.
The body of water between the northern tip of Australia and the southern coast of Papua New Guinea is Torres Strait.
Port moresby is the capital of which country?
Port Moresby is the capital city of Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea
What is the type of currency in Papua New Guinea?
The type of Papua New Guinea is made up of Kina (keena) and toea (toya) with 100 toea equal to One Kina.
What is the minimum distance to Papua New Guinea from Australia?
The straight-line distance from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea to Cairns, Australia is 520.4 miles. A nonstop flight would take 55 minutes.
How did new guinea get its name?
The name 'Papua New Guinea' is derived from two sources. 'Papua' comes from the Malay word pepuah which was used to describe the distinctive, frizzy Melanesian hair of the people, while 'New Guinea' is derived from 'Nueva Guinea', the name used by Spanish explorer Yñigo Ortiz de Retez, who named the island that because he observed that the people were similar in appearance to those occupying the Guinea coast of Africa.
How big papua new guinea compared to Australia?
Papua New Guinea is ranked 61 out of 256 in largeness (Countries, Seas, Islands etc.)
Land: 452, 860 sq. km
Water: 9, 980 sq. km
TOTAL: 462, 840 sq. km
How did Papua New Guinea become a part of the British Commonwealth?
The northern half of Papua New Guinea was once known as German New Guinea after it came under German control in 1884, while the southern half was known as British New Guinea, later renamed to Papua in 1905. During WWI, the island was occupied by Australian troops to defend the British half. When the Treaty of Versailles was established after World War I, Australia administered German New Guinea, and the British part of the island came to be considered an External Territory of the Commonwealth of Australia, though it was still "owned" by Britain. The two territories were regarded as separate territories, known as 'Papua' and 'New Guinea'.
After the New Guinea Campaign of World War II, the two territories came together as 'Papua New Guinea'. Australia still administered Papua New Guinea until the country was granted full independence on 16 September 1975.
When did Japan conquer New Guinea?
It didn't.
Japan invaded New Guinea on 23 January 1942, but Australian and US troops, with much help from the Papua New Guinean natives, managed to repel the invasion.
What food do papua new guineans like?
Papua New Guinean people have a wide range of food and traditional drinks such as muli warra (drink), bulli beef, baked sweet potato, coconut cream, banana cake, banana pancakes, and many other foods.
In Papua New Guinea there are many exotic fruits since Papua New Guinea has a tropical climate; some of the foods are:
- Sago
- Taro (Tapioca)
- Coconuts
- Bananas
- Papayas
- Passion fruit
- Fish and more sea foods.
- Yams
On what continent is Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern half of the large island of New Guinea positioned north of Australia. For this reason, it is considered to be part of the political region known as Oceania. Oceania is not a geographical continent.
Some would say that Papua New Guinea is on the continent of Australia, but this is not the case. The continent of Australia is quite different to the political region of Oceania. Much debate has been made over whether Oceania and Australia are continents, but the difference lies in the definition of "continent" as a single land mass.
The western half of the island of New Guinea, which belongs to Indonesia, is considered to be part of the continent of Asia.
Is Papua New Guinea the largest island?
The island of New Guinea, rather than Papua New Guinea, is the second largest island. Papua New Guinea just occupies the eastern half. The world's largest island is Greenland.
What country does Papua New Guinea share a border with?
Papua New Guinea is the only country that is in Papua New Guinea. It is officially called the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. However, it occupies the eastern half of the islandof New Guinea. The western half is occupied by West Papua, an Indonesian province.
What is the shortest distance between Australia and Papua New Guinea?
Cape York, the northern tip of Australia, is about 150km from the nearest part of Papua new Guinea.
What Creature is on the Papua New Guinea Flag?
The "creature" on Papua New Guinea's flag is a bird, called the Bird of Paradise.
The Raggiana Bird of Paradise
What are the names of the seas around Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea is on the island of New Guinea in the Pacific Ocean. To the east is Solomon Sea; to the southwest is Arafura Sea; to the northeast is Bismarck Sea.
Bodies of water which are not "seas" include the Gulf of Papua in the south, and Torres Strait, between PNG and Australia.
What happened in world war two in Papua New Guinea?
In May 1942, a Japanese invasion fleet departed Rabaul for Port Moresby, and the Battle of the Coral Sea began. It was a very real threat which was only turned back by the US aircraft leaving from carriers.
After being turned back by the US, the Japanese then turned their attention to an attack over the Owen Stanley Range via the Kokoda Trail, which linked the northern and southern coasts of Papua New Guinea. Thanks to the Papua New Guinean natives assisting the Australians and the US troops, the Japanese were turned back, having to retreat to bases at Buna, Gona and Sanananda, where they were eventually defeated.
