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Description Papua New Guinea by rbd.me 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.   Location Oceania, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia   Area - comparative slightly larger than California   Natural resources Papua New Guinea mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills   Population Papua New Guinea shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast   Religions Papua New Guinea Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian   Languages Roman Catholic 27%, Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%, other Protestant 8.9%, Bahai 0.3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3.3% (2000 census)   Education Papua New Guinea expenditures Tok Pisin, English, and Hiri Motu are official languages; some 860 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total)   Government Papua New Guinea type NA   Independence constitutional parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm   Papua New Guinea Economy - overview ACP, ADB, AOSIS, APEC, ARF, ASEAN (observer), C, CP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO   Investment Papua New Guinea 37% (2002 est.)   Industries Papua New Guinea $2.065 billion (31 December 2008)   Airports Papua New Guinea AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 28 (1998)