Papua New Guinea Travel Overview
Important facts
Capital: Port Moresby (See more on SIMPLYYELLOWPAGES.COM)
Official language: English
Currency: Kina
Continent: Australia and Oceania-Australia-Oceania
The land of the unexpected
The landscape of Papua New Guinea is very varied from the coast to the mountains.
Location of Papua New Guinea
According to Countryaah, Papua New Guinea is an island nation in the southern Pacific north of Australia and east of Indonesia. After Indonesia and Madagascar, it is the third largest island nation in the world. It is also noteworthy that over 600 languages are spoken in the country which is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations !
Information of Papua New Guinea
The different languages are part of almost as many cultures. These cultures were very alien to eighteenth-century Europeans advancing into the country.
Traditionally there was headhunting in many places in Papua New Guinea, which gave the island the reputation of being a refuge for cannibals. Christian missionaries saw in the rumors enough to bring these “savages” the “right faith”. For the last remaining groups in their cultural identity, music plays a strong role in demarcating them from others. In music and dance the creation myth becomes one’s own community, which strengthens group cohesion. External influences, intermingling with other languages and international trade products lead to a steady but ever faster decay of this tradition.
Vacation in Papua New Guinea
Many travelers and holidaymakers who visit the island from the surrounding Asian countries often stay there for longer periods of time. The island has a lot to offer in terms of landscape. The widely ramified river network is the Mecca of many boaters, because for a long time the waterway was considered the only access to the villages, which were scattered in the dense jungle.
Of course, in times of ethnomarketing, the country also advertises with its cultures. And so today there are many opportunities to see traditional dances and chants. In addition, Papua New Guinea has 600 offshore islands !
Discover Papua New Guinea
The country has a total of 19 provinces. Some of the most beautiful regions are Milne Bay on the east coast, the island provinces of Bougainville and New Ireland the highland province of the Western Highlands and of course the city of Madang, which was once known as the pearl of the South Seas.
Whatever you choose, your vacation in Papua New Guinea is sure to be varied !
Currency
Currency (sub-unit)
Kina (100 Toea)
ISO 4217 code
PGK / 598
Geography
Continent: Australia-Oceania
Region: Australia and Oceania
Geo coordinates: S -6 ° -18′-54 ” E 143 ° 57 ’20”
Highest mountain: Mount Wilhelm (4,509 m)
Total area: 462,840 km²
Mainland: 452,860 km²
National border: 820 km
Coastline: 5,152 km
Politics
Dependency: Australia until 1975 (UN mandate)
UN member since: 1975
Other political affiliation: Commonwealth
Form of government: Parliamentary monarchy
Economy
Export goods: Copra, wood
BSP: $ 4,862,000,000
GDP: $ 5,171,400,000
GDP purchasing power parity: $ 16.730 billion
Economic growth: 3.3%
GDP share of agriculture: 35.9%
GDP share of industry: 37.3%
GDP share of services: 26.8%
Inflation rate: 1.9%
State budget revenue: $ 1610000000
State budget expenditure: $ 1576,000,000
National debt: 37.6%
Export: $ 3,254,000,000
Import: $ 2,452,000,000
Foreign debt: $ 1,647,000,000
Gold and currency reserves: $ 873,000,000
Electricity consumption: 1,866 million KWh
Gas reserves: 345,500 million m³
Gas production: 160 million m³
Gas consumption: 160 million m³
Oil reserves: 170 million m³
Oil production: 50,000 million m³
Oil consumption: 18,000 million m³
Cultivation area: 1.89%
Bovine: 66,000 pieces
Pigs: 1,740,000 pieces
Fishing: 55,800 t
Demographic data
Residents: 5,670,600
Residents in cities: 989,400
Average age: 21.2 years
0-14 years: 37.8%
15-64 years: 58.3%
> 65 years: 3.9%
Population growth: 2.21%
Birth rate: 29.36 / 1,000 residents
Death rate: 7.25 / 1,000 residents
Ratio men / women: 1.05
Fertility: 3.88 children / woman
Infant mortality: 49.96 ‰
Life expectancy men: 63.08 years
Life expectancy women: 67.58 years
Country codes and abbreviations
ISO 3166 Alpha 2: PG
ISO 3166 Alpha 3: PNG
ISO 3166 numeric: 598
Top Level Domain: pg
IOC country code: PNG
UN / LOCODE: PG
Source: Abbreviationfinder
Communication
Telephone connections: 81,000
Cell Phones: 31,000
Radios: 520,000
TV: 250,000
Computer: 170,000
Internet users: 230,000
Transportation
Paved roads: 1,204 km
Cars: 41,000
Merchant fleet (ships over 1,000 GRT): 24
Pipelines: 264
Health
Number of doctors: 540
Daily food intake: 2.220 kcal / resident
HIV- infected people: 18,000
Education
Illiteracy: 32%
History
Foundation: 1975
Last sovereign since: 1975
Religion
Main religious group: Christians
Crime
Prison inmates: 3,500
Military
Armed forces (troop strength): 3,000
GETTING THERE
Arriving by plane
Papua New Guinea’s national airline is Air Niugini (PX) (Internet: www.airniugini.com.pg). There are no direct flights from Europe. Air Niugini flies direct to Papua New Guinea from Cairns, Brisbane, Sydney, Singapore, Manila, Tokyo and Honiaria.
Air passes
The Sky Team Asia Pass is valid depending on the number of coupons (min. 3, max. 8) for flights between Korea (Rep.) Or Japan and the Southwest Pacific (American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands) Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu). The pass can only be purchased together with a long-haul flight operated by SkyTeam partners outside of the above countries. The pass is valid for a maximum of 60 days. More information at www.skyteam.com.
Departure fee
30 K, mostly included in the ticket price. Children under 2 years of age as well as transit travelers who do not leave the airport are exempt from this.
Arrival by ship
The international ports are Lae, Madang, Port Moresby, Wewak (Sepik), Rabaul (New Britain), Kieta (Northern Solomon Islands) and Momote (Manus). There are regular connections in freight / passenger traffic.
