The flag of Papua New Guinea is divided diagonally, from the upper hoist-side corner to the lower fly-side corner, into a lower black and an upper red triangle. On the hoist side of the lower black triangle is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation made up of one small and four larger five-pointed white stars. A golden Raggiana bird-of-paradise is situated on the fly side of the upper red triangle.

Papua New Guinea

Official Name

Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Common Name

Papua New Guinea

Native Name

Papua Niu Gini

Captial

Port Moresby

Continents

Oceania

population

8947027

Area

462840 km2

region

Oceania

Sub region

Melanesia

languages

English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin

Currencies

Papua New Guinean kina - (K)

time zones

UTC+10:00

borders