Papua New Guinea
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Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- PG
- ISO alpha-3
- PNG
- ISO numeric
- 598
- FIPS 10-4
- PP
- GeoNames ID
- 2088628
Key facts
- Capital
- Port Moresby
- Area
- 462,840 km²
- Population
- 8,606,316
- Currency
- Kina (PGK)
- Calling code
- +675
- Top-level domain
- .pg
- Official languages
- en-PG,ho,meu,tpi
Continent
- Name
- Oceania
- Code
- OC
- In this dataset
- 28 countries
Location
- Latitude
- -6
- Longitude
- 147
- Min latitude
- -11.636325778999947
- Min longitude
- 140.84921106000002
- Max latitude
- -1.3463680969999245
- Max longitude
- 155.96753991000003
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/PG?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 462840,
"capital": "Port Moresby",
"continent_code": "OC",
"currency_code": "PGK",
"iso3_code": "PNG",
"iso_code": "PG",
"name": "Papua New Guinea",
"population": 8606316
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/PG/regions/v1/cities?country=PG/v1/postal-codes?country=PG/v1/timezones?country=PG
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- بابوا غينيا الجديدة
- Chinese
- 巴布亚新几内亚
- English
- Papua New Guinea
- French
- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
- German
- Papua-Neuguinea
- Hindi
- पापुआ न्यू गिनी
- Italian
- Papua Nuova Guinea
- Japanese
- パプアニューギニア
- Korean
- 파푸아뉴기니
- Portuguese
- Papua-Nova Guiné
- Russian
- Папуа – Новая Гвинея
- Spanish
- Papúa-Nueva Guinea
- Total language variants
- 138
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific/Bougainville | UTC+11:00 | UTC+11:00 |
| Pacific/Port_Moresby | UTC+10:00 | UTC+10:00 |
Postal code format
- Format
- ###
- Pattern
^(\d{3})$
First-level administrative regions
- Morobe Province
- Eastern Highlands Province
- Southern Highlands Province
- Madang Province
- East Sepik Province
- Enga Province
- Western Highlands Province
- Hela
- East New Britain Province
- National Capital District
- Chimbu Province
- Milne Bay Province
- West New Britain Province
- Western Province
- New Ireland Province
- Northern Province
- West Sepik Province
- Jiwaka
- Central Province
- Gulf Province
- Bougainville
- Manus Province
22 of 22 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Port Moresby | 283,733 |
| Lae | 76,255 |
| Arawa | 40,266 |
| Mount Hagen | 33,623 |
| Popondetta | 28,198 |
| Madang | 27,419 |
| Kokopo | 26,273 |
| Mendi | 26,252 |
| Kimbe | 18,847 |
| Goroka | 18,503 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 11,622
- First-level regions
- 22
- Postal codes
- 0
- Name languages
- 138
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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