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Papua New Guinea

The flag of Papua New Guinea is divided diagonally, from the upper hoist-side corner to the lower fly-side corner, into a lower black and an upper red triangle. On the hoist side of the lower black triangle is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation made up of one small and four larger five-pointed white stars. A golden Raggiana bird-of-paradise is situated on the fly side of the upper red triangle.

    • Official name

      Independent State of Papua New Guinea

    • Capital

      Port Moresby

    • Region

      Oceania

    • Subregion

      Melanesia

    • Timezones

      UTC+10:00

    • Population

      8947027

    • Languages

      English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin,

    • Currencies

      PGK (K) — Papua New Guinean kina