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Australia & Oceania » Papua New Guinea - HOTELS


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MELANESIAN HOTEL Australia & Oceania » Papua New Guinea » Lae Lae Papua New Guinea
Country:  Papua New Guinea
City:  Lae
Address: PO Box 756
Phone: (675) 472 3744
Email: 
Prices Starting at: $65.00
This hotel is 3 star(s) class
#21968
Hotel Details

Papua New Guinea Country Information and Map

Country Map

    Introduction


    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


    Geographic coordinates


    6 00 S, 147 00 E


    Area


    total: 462,840 sq km land: 452,860 sq km water: 9,980 sq km


    Area - comparative


    slightly larger than California


    Land boundaries


    total: 820 km border countries: Indonesia 820 km


    Coastline


    5,152 km


    Maritime claims


    measured from claimed archipelagic baselines exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation


    Climate


    tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation


    Terrain


    mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills


    Elevation extremes


    lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m


    Natural resources


    gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries


    Land use


    arable land: 0.13% permanent crops: 1.35% other: 98.52% (1998 est.)


    Irrigated land


    none


    Natural hazards


    active volcanism; situated along the Pacific "Ring of Fire"; the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes; mud slides; tsunamis


    Environment - current issues


    rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber; pollution from mining projects; severe drought


    Environment - international agreements


    party to: Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements


    Geography - note


    shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast


    Population


    5,420,280 (July 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Port Moresby


    Phone Code


    +675


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