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Capital:
Port Moresby
Area:
462,840 sq km / 178,656 sq ml
Language:
English, Pidgin English, 715 local languages
Currency:
Kina
Population:
5,295,816
Life expectancy:
55 (men), 57 (women)
Literacy rate:
65% (men), 38% (women)
Religions:
Protestant, Roman Catholic, local faiths
Physical features:
Mountainous, swamps and plains, monsoon climate includes tropical islands of New Ireland, New Britain and Bougainville
Ethnic distribution:
Mainly Melanesian in coastal areas, Papuans inland, a small Chinese minority
Exports:
Copra, coconut oil, palm oil, tea, copper, gold, coffee, cocoa beans, timber, petroleum
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