This article is about the island. For the country, see Papua New Guinea. For the Indonesian region, see Western New Guinea. For the Nicaraguan municipality, see Nueva Guinea. For other uses, see Guinea (disambiguation).
Papua Central Papua Highland Papua South Papua Southwest Papua West Papua
Largest settlement
Jayapura (pop. 407,000)
Papua New Guinea
Provinces
Central
Simbu
Eastern Highlands
East Sepik
Enga
Gulf
Hela
Jiwaka
Madang
Morobe
Oro
Southern Highlands
Western
Western Highlands
West Sepik
Milne Bay
National Capital District
Largest settlement
Port Moresby (pop. 402,000)
Demographics
Population
14,800,000 (2020)
Pop. density
18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
Papuan and others (Austronesians and Melanesians)
New Guinea (Tok Pisin: Niugini; Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Indonesian: Papua, fossilized Nugini,[a] or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of 785,753 km2 (303,381 sq mi). Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the 150-kilometre (81-nautical-mile; 93-mile) wide Torres Strait, though both landmasses lie on the same continental shelf, and were united during episodes of low sea level in the Pleistocene glaciations as the combined landmass of Sahul. Numerous smaller islands are located to the west and east. The island's name was given by Spanish explorer Yñigo Ortiz de Retez during his maritime expedition of 1545 due to the resemblance of the indigenous peoples of the island to those in the African region of Guinea.[1]
The eastern half of the island is the major land mass of the independent nation of Papua New Guinea. The western half, known as Western New Guinea,[2] forms a part of Indonesia and is organized as the provinces of Papua, Central Papua, Highland Papua, South Papua, Southwest Papua, and West Papua. The two major cities on the island are Port Moresby and Jayapura.
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