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| Subject: Papua New Guinea Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:00 am | |
| Papua New Guinea (pronounced /ˈpæpuːə njuː ˈɡɪni/ ( listen) PAP-oo-ə new-GIN-ee, also /ˈpɑːpuːə/ PAH-poo-ə or /ˈpæpjuːə/ PAP-ew-ə; Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini) (PNG), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands (the western portion of the island is a part of the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua). It is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in a region defined since the early 19th century as Melanesia. The capital is Port Moresby. cape town psychologisthoneywell security | |
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