![]() The country is the world's third largest island country, with an area of 462,840 km 2 (178,700 sq mi). Its capital, located along its southeastern coast, is Port Moresby. Officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( Tok Pisin: Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini Hiri Motu: Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), it shares its only land border with Indonesia to the west and it is directly adjacent to Australia to the south and the Solomon Islands to the east. ˈ ɡ ɪ n i, ˈ p ɑː-/ ⓘ, also US: / ˈ p ɑː p w ə-, ˈ p ɑː p( j) ə-/ ) is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia). ![]() Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG / ˈ p æ p( j) u ə .
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