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    Mining in Papua New Guinea is an important part of the Papua New Guinea economy. Up until 1970, there was little mineral extraction in Papua New Guinea...
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    The economy of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is largely underdeveloped with the vast majority of the population living below the poverty line. However, according...
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    The prehistory of Papua New Guinea can be traced to about 50,000–60,000 years ago, when people first migrated towards the Australian continent. The written...
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    Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea...
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    The geography of Papua New Guinea describes the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, the islands of New Ireland, New Britain and Bougainville, and...
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    Transport in Papua New Guinea is mainly based around roads (the vast majority of which is unpaved) and air travel. It is in many cases heavily limited...
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  • Prostitution in Papua New Guinea is generally regarded as illegal but widely practiced with the laws rarely enforced. Prostitution occurs on the streets, in bars...
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    guide to Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea is a sovereign island nation of Oceania comprising the eastern half of the Island of New Guinea and numerous...
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    Papua New Guinea together with the West Papua region of Indonesia (New Guinea) make up a major tropical wilderness area that still contains 5% of the...
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    Indonesia in the west and Papua New Guinea in the east. These mountains stretch from the Weyland Mountains starting in Wondama Bay Regency in the west...
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    Province is a coastal province in southwestern Papua New Guinea, bordering the Indonesian provinces of Highland Papua and South Papua. The provincial capital...
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    Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly Dutch...
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    Panguna mine (category Mining disasters in Papua New Guinea)
    copper mine located in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Panguna represents one of the largest copper reserves in Papua New Guinea and in the world, having...
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    Wau is a town in Papua New Guinea, in the province of Morobe. It has a population of approx 5,000 and is situated at an altitude of around 1100 metres...
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    Pisin: Otonomos Region bilong Bogenvil), is an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea. The largest island is Bougainville Island, while the region also...
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    an injunction in the National Court of Papua New Guinea on 19 March 2010.[unreliable source?] 2014 annual report[permanent dead link] (in Chinese) Reuters...
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    Ok Tedi Mine (category Copper mines in Papua New Guinea)
    North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. The mine is operated by Ok Tedi Mining (OTM), which is majority-owned by the PNG Sustainable...
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  • Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a constitutional parliamentary democracy with an estimated population of 6,187,591. Police brutality, provincial power struggles...
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    Bougainville Island (category 1975 establishments in Papua New Guinea)
    island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea. Its land area is 9,300 km2 (3,600 sq mi). The population of the whole...
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  • Susu Nature Reserve Mt. Wilhelm Paga Hill Varirata Talele Island Papua New Guinea is home to several protected areas, which receive protection because...
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  • Papua New Guinea has exported liquefied natural gas (LNG) since 2014. The LNG sector is important to PNG's economy with US$2.95 billion in exports in...
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    accession of Papua New Guinea to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is currently a matter of discussion. As early as 1987, Papua New Guinea's membership...
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  • Thumbnail for Porgera Gold Mine
    silver mining operation near Porgera, Enga province, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Located at the head of the Porgera Valley, The mine is situated in the rain...
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    Cabinet of Papua New Guinea functions as the policy and decision-making body of the executive branch within the government system of Papua New Guinea. The Prime...
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    well as the southernmost island in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands group. It is part of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. The island has an irregular and...
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    Fly River (category Rivers of Papua New Guinea)
    volume. It is located in the southwest of Papua New Guinea and in the South Papua province of Indonesia. It rises in the Victor Emanuel Range arm of the Star...
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  • operates two mines in Papua New Guinea, Lihir and Hidden Valley, two mines in Canada, Red Chris and Brucejack. It previously operated in the Ivory Coast...
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    New Ireland Province, formerly New Mecklenburg (German: Neu-Mecklenburg), and Nova Hibernia, is the northeasternmost province of Papua New Guinea. The...
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    Sam Basil (category Road incident deaths in Papua New Guinea)
    needed] – 11 May 2022) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He was a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from 2007, representing the electorate...
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  • September 2022, an earthquake of moment magnitude 7.6–7.7 struck Papua New Guinea, in the northern part of Morobe Province. The normal faulting earthquake...
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