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Map of Papua new guinea

Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern part of the world's second largest island and is prey to volcanic activity  earthquakes and tidal waves. Linguistically  it is the world's most diverse country  with more than 700 native tongues.

Some 80% of Papua New Guinea's people live in rural areas with few or no facilities.

Many tribes in the isolated mountainous interior have little contact with each other  let alone with the outside world  and live within a non-monetarised economy  dependent on subsistence agriculture.

Overview

A very small proportion of the land can sustain cash crops  including coffee and cocoa. Abundant rainforests provide the raw material for a logging industry  which is dominated by Malaysian-owned companies. Conservation groups have criticised the social and environmental impact of the activity.

Mineral deposits - including gold  copper and nickel - are extensive  but the difficult terrain and poor infrastructure make exploitation slow. There are significant reserves of oil and natural gas and the country has pinned its hopes on becoming a significant energy exporter.

Lufa Lekena warrior at annual cultural festival
Tribal allegiances  and divisions  are ingrained
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The separatist struggle in the neighbouring Indonesian province of Papua  formerly known as Irian Jaya  prompted the flight of thousands of Papuans into Papua New Guinea from the mid-1980s onwards. Many of them remain in border-area jungle camps.

The Port Moresby government has said it will not tolerate the use of Papua New Guinean territory for Papuan separatist attacks on the Indonesian army.

Papua New Guinea had to deal with separatist forces of its own on the island of Bougainville in the 1990s. Up to 20 000 people were killed in the nine-year conflict which ended in 1997.

A peace deal signed in 2001 provided the framework for the election in 2005 of an autonomous government for Bougainville.

Papua New Guinea has strong ties with its southern neighbour  Australia  which administered the territory until independence in 1975. Canberra's substantial aid programme aims to relieve poverty and to boost development; Australia has also despatched police officers and civil servants to support their local equivalents.

The prevalence of HIV/Aids is on the rise; some experts fear that Papua New Guinea is heading for a crisis similar to that in sub-Saharan Africa.

Facts

  • Full name: The Independent State of Papua New Guinea
  • Population: 6.7 million (UN  2009)
  • Capital: Port Moresby
  • Area: 462 840 sq km (178 704 sq miles)
  • Major language: English (official)  Pidgin  native languages
  • Major religions: Christianity  indigenous beliefs
  • Life expectancy: 59 years (men)  63 years (women) (UN)
  • Monetary unit: 1 kina = 100 toea
  • Main exports: Gold  petroleum  copper  coffee  palm oil  logs
  • GNI per capita: US $1010 (World Bank  2008)
  • Internet domain: .pg
  • International dialling code: +675

Leaders

Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II  represented by the Governor-General

Prime minister: Sir Michael Somare

The founding father of independent Papua New Guinea  Michael Somare  won his second successive term as premier following elections in 2007.

PNG prime minister
Prime Minister Somare  known as "The Chief"
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This is his fourth term of office.

Affectionately known as "The Chief"  Mr Somare led the country to independence from Australia in 1975 and is widely regarded as being untainted by corruption.

He came to power in August 2002 after a violent and chaotic election  and in the 2007 polls his National Alliance party won 27 of the 109 parliamentary seats and was invited by the governor-general to form a coalition government. Parliament subsequently elected Mr Somare as prime minister.

His faces several social challenges  including crime  corruption  and rising rates of HIV and AIDS.

In apparent warning to Australia  he said after his election: "We will guard the sovereignty of our country  we will help our neighbours whenever we can."

Australia  Papua New Guinea's biggest aid donor  has angered Mr Somare  the Solomon Islands and Fiji with its determination to stamp out corruption and crime in the South Pacific  and its demands that Fiji return to democracy after a military coup in December 2006.

Media

Radio is an important medium in Papua New Guinea  a country with widely-scattered  isolated settlements and low levels of literacy.

The government operates a national radio station and a network of provincial stations. Their news coverage is said to be balanced. But funding problems  and the non-payment of power bills  have taken some of the regional radios off the air.

Television coverage is limited mainly to Port Moresby and the provincial capitals.

Two daily newspapers are foreign-owned. The private press  including weeklies and monthlies  is active in reporting on corruption and other sensitive matters.

BBC World Service and Radio Australia are available on FM in the capital.

The press

Television

  • EMTV - commercial
  • National Television Service - state-run

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