| NAME: |
Papua New Guinea |
| LOCATION: |
Oceania |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Constitutional Parliamentary Democracy |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region, plus 820 indigenous languages spoken. |
| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian, Methodist, London, Missionary , Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34% |
| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesia. |
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