Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea / Papuaniugini
Oceania. Mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills. 462,840 km2 (slightly > CA). 49% arable.
Capital Port Moresby (250,000)
Population 5.9M (12.8/km2)
Life expectancy 66 years
HIV/AIDS 0.6%
Literacy 57%
Lang(s) Melanesian Pidgin, 820 indigenous languages, English (1-2%)
Religions Roman Catholic 27%, Evangelical Lutheran 20%, United Church 12%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 9%, Evangelican Alliance 5%, Anglican 3%, Baptist 3%,other Protestant 9%, Bahai .3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3%
Ethnic Groups Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian
Gov’t Constitutional parliamentary democracy
GDP/cap $2,300
PCVs 1981 – 2001; Total to Date 701
Nat’l holiday Independence Day – 16 September (1975)
Adult Books
The Last Men: Journey Among the Tribes of New Guinea
by Jago Corazza
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: White Star Publishers (September 7, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-8854403987
Book Description
There are still hundreds of unknown populations in Papua New Guinea remained untouched by civilization, many of which are dying out. A glimpse into the lives of the people of this untamed Eden.
Offer’s a glimpse into the relatively unknown tribes – some which are dying out - of this untamed Eden.
Kids' Books
Warriors, wigmen and the crocodile people: journeys into Papua New Guinea
by Margolies, Barbara A.
Format: Library Binding, 40 pages
ISBN: 978-0027622836
Age Range: 5–9 years
Publisher: New York: Four Winds Press; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International; Simon & Schuster, 1993
Margolies' photographs are the draw in this oversize volume in which she introduces two communities in Papua New Guinea. Ages 5 to 9.
Films
Documentary: Papa Bilong Chimbu
Director:
Music
(Smithsonian Folkways): Bonsavi: Rain Forest
Focus Word
Focus Word for 2010 - "Justice"
Melanesian Pidgin: Motu|
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