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Manajah Presents : Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini) (PNG), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania Capital: Port Moresby Official languages: English, Tok Pisin & Hiri Motu Area: 462.840 Km² Population: Ca. 6.700.000 Ethnic groups: 84 % Papuans 15 % Melanesians 1 % Other Currency: Papua New Guinean kina (PGK) Motto: Unity in diversity Religion: 56 % Protestant Christians 27 % Catholic Christians 10 % Traditional Religion 3 % Anglican Christians 3 % Other Christians 1 % Other Sport: The national sport, although not official, is considered to be rugby league Papua New Guinea has more languages than any other country, with over 820 indigenous languages, representing twelve percent of the world's total The country is one of the world's least explored, culturally and geographically, and many undiscovered species of plants and animals are thought to exist in the interior of Papua New Guinea The western portion of the island is a part of the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua