Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea is in the South Pacific ocean, north of Australia.








This is the flag of Papua New Guinea
The red and black are colours used by many tribes in Papua New Guinea, and red, white and black were the colours of the German Empire, who colonized
Papua New Guinea before 1918. The bird of paradise is also found on the coat of arms. The flag was designed by a 15 year old school girl who won a nationwide competition for a new flag.


It is the fifty-fourth largest country in the world.
Papua New Guinea is one tenth larger than California. It has a mountainous interior covered in rainforest and wetlands surrounding the two main rivers, the Sepik and the Fly. Papua New Guinea is on the Pacific Ring of Fire.
The population of Papua New Guinea is just under 6million.Its capital is Port Moresby. Only 18% of the population live in the urban centres.
Papua New Guinea has some active volcanoes which erupt frequently, causing severe earthquakes, mud slides and tsunamis.

Papua New Guinea is bordered by Indonesia. The coastline is 5,125 km long.
The highest point is Mount Wilhelm, at 4,509 m high.
Papua New Guinea's natural resources are gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil and fisheries.