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Official Name of Papua New Guinea: Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Government type in Papua New Guinea: constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democracy
Capital of Papua New Guinea: Port Moresby
Primary Language in Papua New Guinea: English, pidgin English, Motu
Currency in Papua New Guinea: kina

The eastern half of the island of New Guinea - second largest in the world - was divided between Germany (north) and the UK (south) in 1885. The latter area was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I and continued to administer the combined areas until independence in 1975. A nine-year secessionist revolt on the island of Bougainville ended in 1997, after claiming some 20,000 lives. Shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast.

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