PAPUA NEW GUNIEA

• 7million, 11million
• 1/3
• Port Moresby (250,000)
• 462,840km2 (55th) (56th)
• Elizabeth II

FACTS

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• UTC +10
• Papua new guniean kina (PGK)
• 1 USD=2,6PGK

GEOGRAPHY

• PNG eastern half of New Guniea
• Rainforest and swamps
• 1972-2002 1/4 destryed
• Gone 2021
• Rocky contry, Mount Willhelm, 4509m

DISCOVERY

• Europe 19th centry
• Spanish and Portuguese 15th
• Asia 5000 years ago
• First came 50.000years ago

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HISTORY

• 500bc austronesia
• Pottery, pigs and fishing
• 18th centry potatos, portuguese

PACIFIC RING OF FIRE

• 450 vulcanos 75%
• 90% earthquakes, 80%bigger ones
• 40,000km duck shape

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NAME

• Dual name history ruleing
• "Papua" is from an old term
• "New guniea" spanish explorer 1545
• Territory of Papua and New Guniea

COLONY

• Northern Germany 1884
• Southern G.B
• WW1 australia took Germanys part
• Drives on left side cause of G.B
• G.B side named Territory of Papua

RELIGION

• 96% christian with a twist of old traditions
• Bahá'í Faith (15,000)
• Islam (4000)

LANGUAGES

• Over 820, less than 1000,12 extinct
• English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu
• English-education, Hiri-South, Tok-rest
• 12% of all in the world

CANNIBALISM

• Many parts of the counrty
• Rituals, warfare, enemy power
• 1901 10,000 skulls
• Isolated Survived till the seventies
• Never explored, was in the village

CULTURE

• 700+ ethnic groups
• Own music, dance, food etc
• Don't know about neighbors