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Papua New Guinea (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 06 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -6.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 147 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 147.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Occupies eastern half of New Guinea island; largely tropical with thick forests and exotic flora and fauna; inhabited by many tribes representing hundreds of linguistic groups; sighted by Portuguese in 16th century; claimed by Britain and Australia in the 19th century; official language is English, though pidgin English and many indigenous languages are also spoken. |
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| Papua New Guinea (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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............ | Papua & New Guinea united in 1949 |
| Papua New Guinea (Somali)
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| Papua New Guinea (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Papua New Guinea (North Ndebele)
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| Papua New Guinea (Pampanga)
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| Papua New Guinea (Shona)
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| Independent State of Papua New Guinea (C,V,O,English,U,N)
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| Papuaniugini (C,V,Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)-P,U,N)
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| Papuaniugini (Hiri Motu-P,U)
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| Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée (C,O,Malagasy)
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| Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée (French-P,U,N)
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| l'État Indépendent de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée (C,O,French,U)
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| Papouasie-Nouvelle Guinée (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Papua-Neuguinea (C,O,German)
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| Papua Nueva Guinea (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Papua-Nieuwguinea (C,O)
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| Papua-Nova Guiné (C,O,Portuguese)
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| Папуа-Новая Гвинея (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| 巴布亚新几内亚 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| بابوا غ اًَِ الجد دًة (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| PNG (C,O,ISO3L)
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| PG (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO598 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| PP (C,O,FIPS)
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| Papua New Guinean (C,O,English,U,A)
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| פפואה גיניאה החדשה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| i-Papua New Guinea (C,U,Zulu)
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| Nua-Ghuine Phapua (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Nugini Papua Nugini (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Orílẹ́ède Paapu ti Giini (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Paapua Uus-Guinea (C,U,Estonian)
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| Papoa-Nòva Guinèa (C,U,Occitan)
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| Papoa Nòva Guinèa (C,U,Occitan)
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| Papoasie-Novèla-Guinê (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Papoea Nieu-Guinee (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Papoea-Nieu-Guinee (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea (C,U,Dutch)
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| Papoea-Nui-Guinea (C,U,Limburgan)
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| Papoua-Ginea Nevez (C,U,Breton)
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| Papoua Ginea-Nevez (C,U,Breton)
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| Papua (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Papua (Swahili (generic))
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| Papua Bagong Ginea (C,U,Tagalog)
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| Papua Baro a Guinea (C,U,Ilocano)
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| Papua Ginea Berria (C,U,Basque)
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| Papua Gîneya Nû (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Papua Gini Newydd (C,U,Welsh)
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| Papua Guinea e Re (C,U,Albanian)
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| Papua Guinea Foforo (C,U,Akan)
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| Papua Guineja e Re (C,U,Albanian)
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| Papua ir Naujoji Gvinėja (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Papua-Jaungvineja (C,U,Latvian)
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| Papua Naujoji Gvinėja (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Papua New Gini nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Papua-Niegguinea (C,U,Low German)
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| Pa-pu-a Niu Ghi-nê (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Pa-pua Niu Ghi-nê (Papua New Guinea) (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Papua Niugini (C,U,Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian))
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| Papuaniukini (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Papua Noua Guinee (C,U,Romanian)
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| Papua-Nová Guinea (C,U,Slovak)
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| Papua-Nová Guinea (Czech)
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| Papúa Nova Guinea (C,U,Galician)
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| Papua-Nova-Guinea (C,U,Ido)
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| Papua Nova Guinea (C,U,Latin)
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| Papua Nova Guinea (Catalan)
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| Papua Nova Guinea (Romansh)
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| Papua Nová Guinea (C,U,Slovak)
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| Papua Nová Guinea (Czech)
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| Papua Nova Gvineja (C,U,Croatian)
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| Papua Nova Gvineja (Bosnian)
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| Papua Nova Gvineja (Slovene)
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| Papua Nove Guinea (C,U,Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Papua Nowa Gwinea (C,U,Polish)
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| Papua-Nowa Gwinea (C,U,Polish)
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| Papúa Nueva Guinea (C,U,Spanish)
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| Papúa-Nueva Guinea (C,U,Spanish)
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| Papua Nuova Guinea (C,U,Italian)
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| Papua Nutaaq Guinea (C,U,Greenlandic)
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| Papua Nya Guinea (C,U,Swedish)
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| Papua Ny-Guinea (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Papua Ny-Guinea (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Papua Ny-Guinea (Norwegian)
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| Papua Nýguinea (C,U,Faroese)
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| Papua Ny Guinea (C,U,Danish)
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| Papúa Nýja-Gínea (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Papua-Ođđa-Guinea (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Papua Tân Guinea (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Pápua Új-Guinea (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Papua Uus Guinea (C,U,Estonian)
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| Papua-Uusi-Guinea (C,U,Finnish)
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| Papua Yeni Gine (C,U,Turkish)
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| Papua-Yeni Qvineya (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Papua y Nueva Guinea (C,U,Aragonese)
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| Papû Finî Ginëe, Papuazïi (C,U,Sangho)
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| Papuo-Nov-Gvineo (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Papuveän Nula-Gineyän (C,U,Volapük)
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| Papuwaa Nuwel Gine (C,U,Fulah)
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| Papuwa Niyugineya (C,U,Rundi)
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| Papuwa Nugini (C,U,Hausa)
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| Papuwasi-Gine-Koura (C,U,Bambara)
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| Papwa-Ginea Ġdida (C,U,Maltese)
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| Papwa Nyugini (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Papwazi Ginɛ ya sika (C,U,Lingala)
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| Papwazi wa Nginɛ wa mumu (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| ប៉ាពូអានូវែលហ្គីណេ (C,U,Khmer)
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| पपुवा न्यू गिनी (C,U,Sanskrit)
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| पपुवा न्यू गिनी (Kashmiri)
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| פפואה גינאה החדשה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Папуа Нова Гвинеја (C,U,Serbian)
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| Папуа Нова Гвинеја (Macedonian)
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| پاپوآ گینه نو (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| Папуа-Нова Гвинея (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| パプアニューギニア (C,U,Japanese)
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| Папуа Нова Гвинея (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| ปาปัวนิวกินี (C,U,Thai)
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| पापुआ न्यू गिनी (C,U,Marathi)
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| पापुआ न्यू गिनी (Hindi)
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| Папуа-Нова Ґвінея (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| პაპუა-ახალი გვინეა (C,U,Georgian)
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| ፓፑዋ ኒው ጊኒ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ፓፑዋ ኒው ጊኒ (Amharic)
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| ປາປົວນິວກີນີ (C,U,Lao)
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| பப்புவா நியூ கினி (C,U,Tamil)
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| ประเทศปาปัวนิวกินี (C,U,Thai)
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| Παπούα Νέα Γουινέα (C,U,Greek)
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| פאפואה ניו-גיניאה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| 파푸아뉴기니 (C,U,Korean)
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| پاپوا گینهٔ نو (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| Папуа — Новая Гвинея (C,U,Russian)
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| Παπούα - Νέα Γουινέα (C,U,Greek)
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| 파푸아 뉴기니 (C,U,Korean)
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| Պապուա Նոր Գվինեա (C,U,Armenian)
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| Папуа Нова Гвінея (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| پاپۇئا يېڭى گۋىنېيە (C,U,Uyghur)
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| بابوا غينيا الجديدة (C,U,Arabic)
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| Папуа-Новая Гвінея (C,U,Belarusian)
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| പപ്പുവ ന്യൂ ഗ്വിനി (C,U,Malayalam)
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| པ་པུ་ཨ། ནིའུ། གྷི་ནི། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| పాపువా న్యు గినియా (C,U,Telugu)
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| பாப்புவா நியூ கினி (C,U,Tamil)
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| પાપુઆ ન્યૂ ગિની (C,U,Gujarati)
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| पपुआ न्यू गाइनिया (C,U,Nepali)
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| ပါပူရာနယူးဂီနီ (C,U,Burmese)
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| گوینیا ی جدید پاپوا (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| גינאה החדשה פפואה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Папуа – Новая Гвинея (C,U,Russian)
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| পাপুয়া নিউ গিনি (C,U,Bengali)
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| パプア・ニューギニア (C,U,Japanese)
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| පැපුවා නිව් ගිනියාව (C,U,Sinhala)
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| ಪಪುವಾ ನ್ಯೂಗೀನಿಯಾ (C,U,Kannada)
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| پاپوا گینێی نوێ (C,U,Kurdish)
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| ପପୁଆ ନ୍ୟୁ ଗୁଏନିଆ (C,U,Odia)
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| پاپوآ نیو گنی (C,U,Urdu)
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| Territory of Papua and New Guinea (H,V)
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............ | until 1974 |
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Additional Parents: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence September 16, 1975 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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| territory (H) |
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Australian, 1949-1975 |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Port Moresby .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Oceania, Papua New Guinea, National Capital) [7002090] |
| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1975 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1975 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| l'État Indépendent de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................................................. |
ISO Newsletter VI-15 (2013) accessed 15 July 2013 |
| Pa-pua Niu Ghi-nê (Papua New Guinea).......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2088628 |
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