New Guinea

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Port Morseby " NEW GUINEA.:

What a great surprise card from my friend in Canada Marie... Wow.. Marie !!  This is a great ":Flag of the World" card for my collection   a really hard flag to oblain.Thank you  so much for doing this for me.. I love it..This card is from Papua and New Guinea.: The Independent State of New Guinea.
Posted : Port Morseby 12 February : Arrived Sydney: 27 February : Traveled 15 days: Thank you Marie.
GREETINGS FROM PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA. Known as P.N.G.
NEW GUINEA ; Has an area of some 462,840 KM2.
POPULATION ; of New Guinea is 8,084,999 inhabitants.
CAPITAL CITY : of PNG is Port Morseby.
LOCATION : of PNG is North of Australia in the Arafura Sea.
NATIONAL EMBLEM : of PNG is the Bird of Paradise.
UNIQUE : to PNG is the Cultural Diversity : PNG is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world with over 852 known languages spoken.
MONEY : Sea shells were used aa a currency until they were abolished in 1933.
CELEBRATIONS.:Renowned for its many ceremonial occasions where hundreds of pigs and other valuables are distributed to guests
ANIMALS : Tree Kangaroos ( like in Australia)ae marsupials og the (genus dendrologus ) that inhabit train forrest regions.
HISTORY : Independece was acheived on 16th September 1975 from Australia.
EARLY SETTLEMENTS.:Archaeological evidence indicates that humans first arrived in Papua and New Guinea approximately 42-45 thousand years ago and were decendents of immigrants from Africa.