Region: Oceania
Capital: Port Moresby
Population: 6,187,591
Area: 452,860 km²
Currency: Papua New Guinea Kina (PGK)
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands. It is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in a region described since the early 19th century as Melanesia. The capital is Port Moresby. Wikipedia