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The northern Oceania country of Papua New Guinea.
By Mark on November 24, 2008
This is a post about a country that I suppose is not mentioned very much, why well who knows as I am about to invite you into this extra ordinary country, lets begin then.
Papua New Guinea is a country that belongs to half of the Island, New Guinea, which is situated just north of Australia. It is part of a Pacific Island region named Melanesia.
Papua New Guinea includes the eastern part of New Guinea, the bismarck Archipelago, the northern Solomon Islands, the D’Entrecasteaux Islands and the Louisiade Archipelago. The land is largely mountainous, and the climate is very tropical with high temperatures ranging from 10 to 32 degrees celsius or 50 to 95 especially during the monsoon season with is between December and April and that is when the northern winds come along. During the dry season the winds normally come from the south-east.
The rest of New Guinea is completed by Indonesian province Irian Jaya to the west. Below are a mixture of satellite and photography of Papua New Guinea and Port Moresby the capital, as well as others.
This is a satellite image taken from Google Earth of Papua New Guinea and Australia in Oceania.
This is a satellite image of Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya,(Indonesia).
This is a satellite image of Papua New Guinea on Google Earth.
This is a satellite image of the caital city of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby.
The mainland is divided in half by a numerous amount of mountains that raise up to 4,509 metres or 14,762 feet Mount Wilhelm. There is also a low lying plain which appears to be drained by the fly river in the south-west of the country and there are also lots of active volcanoes in the east.
This is a panoramio picture of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.
The main trading partners of Papua New Guinea are Australia, Japan and Singapore, the country relies alot on foreign aid, but the economy is dominated on it’s exports which are minerals, cheifly gold and copper, and the majority of the workforce are farmers and they deal alot in producing timber, coffee, cocoa, palm oil and tropical fruits, tuna fish, bananas, coconuts, yams and sugar caine. Australia does give alot of aid and it is needed as there is always high unemployment which is a long term problem for the economy and the person on the street.
This is a picture of the coast and Ela beach off Port Moresby.
The history of Papua New Guinea goes back to the 16th century, when Portugal and Spain two very famous sailors Jorge de Meneses (Portuguese) and Ortiz Retes (Spanish), discovered the land and Islands. In 1828 the Dutch annexed the western half of New Guinea, followed in 1884 by the British and German division of the eastern half.
In 1904 the British gave there territory to Australia, and then during the first World War an expeditionary force seized the German New Guinea. During the second World War the Australians were forced to defend New Guinea as they fought off the mighty Japanese army.
In 1968, Papua New Guinea was finally declared when it became a formal administrative union and by 1973 self government was attainted and in 1975, Papua New Guinea became an independant nation within the Commonwealth.
To learn more about the history of the country Papua New Guinea, please refer to the bottom of my page, where you can learn from Wikipedia.
This is an old picture taken in 1998 on panoramio of a clothes market in Kundiawa, north-east of Papua New Guinea.
This is a picture of the town of Kimbe, on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea on panoramio.
I have really enjoyed learning about this country and it really goes to show that if you take your time and study, you will be amazed of the stories that these amazing countries offer us. We are so lucky to have this opportunity to learn about other people’s cultures and I can only thank Google Earth and of course Wikipedia for all the help and assistance they offer to me. And as we only live just one life, for people like minded like myself, it is a miracle that we can do these fascinating articles or stories of these places. I thank you for showing interest in my site and do hope it helps you out in some way.
- Learn about Papua New Guinea on Wikipedia:
- Learn about Irian Jaya (Papua) on Wikipedia:
- Learn about New Guinea on Wikipedia:
- Learn about New Britain on Wikipedia:
- Learn about Kimbe on Wikipedia:
- Find Papua New Guinea on Google Maps:
- Find Irian Jaya, (Papua) on Google Maps:
- Find Port Moresby on Google Maps:
- Find New Britain on Google Maps:
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5 Responses to “The northern Oceania country of Papua New Guinea.”
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Nick Ramsay, exploring the world from a zabuton in Japan.
11:38 am on November 29th, 2008
I would’ve thought they’d have a booming tourist industry, but I guess they don’t.
What language is spoken there? Is it English?
7:09 pm on November 30th, 2008
Yes it is pigeon english, which is not as strong as our English, but it is unstandable and anyway alot of people who live or visit speak English, so you could say that is it’s official language, Yes I would have thought so to, many years ago someone told me that their were cannibals living over there, I have no idea if that is true or not. But I would have thought not now a days, thanks Nick.
7:33 pm on December 2nd, 2008
I never knew where Papua New Guinea was until I read this. I feel quite educated now.
10:33 pm on December 5th, 2008
Thanks mum it is very interesting and I wish more people could see this post.
3:50 am on February 4th, 2010
I like how you download all the city view but most important is the provinces becoz of tourist attraction.Thanks solomon from philippines but png citizen