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Here's the "Did You Remember?" for the day...
Papua New Guinea counted up all its miles of coastlines and came up with the rounded number of 54 place in the world from an area perspective...
Keep up the good work team, hopefully you can catch Sweeden in the race for 53rd.
andrea, do you really have that much of an interest in papa new guinea or did you just go on wikipedia to find information to construct a response in order to make yourself look interested and smart?
Hey, isn't Canada, the U.S., G.B. etc, still embroiled in a 4 decade trade embargo with African diamond producing countries primarily owned and operated by the "De Beers" family cartel for there apartied ways along with even more heinous crimes to humanity that, for the purposes of this post will go un mentioned, to render most of the world and there love of fashion and industrial tool diamonds helpless to there "phantom" Stockholm and Belgium fronts gouging the planet, and my father I might add, when is was until Canada stepped up to the plate and now, in fact, leads the world now and for decades and decades to come in the "high quality" and "rare quality" classes for the worlds diamond demand?
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| Originally posted by spitty papua new guinea roxxors |
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| Originally posted by shanny Here it is! How did you miss it?  |
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| Originally posted by slingshot andrea, do you really have that much of an interest in papa new guinea or did you just go on wikipedia to find information to construct a response in order to make yourself look interested and smart? |
The source of the information is not the problem, it is the solution!
More info about PNG!
Land area: 174,849 sq mi (452,860 sq km); total area: 178,704 sq mi (462,840 sq km)
Population (2006 est.): 5,670,544 (growth rate: 2.2%); birth rate: 29.4/1000; infant mortality rate: 50.0/1000; life expectancy: 65.3; density per sq mi: 33
Monetary unit: Kina
Languages: Tok Pisin (Melanesian Pidgin, the lingua franca), Hiri Motu (in Papua region), English 1%�2%; 715 indigenous languages
Ethnicity/race: Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian
Religions: 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%
Literacy rate: 66% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $13.35 billion; per capita $2,400. Real growth rate: 1.1%. Inflation: 1.7%. Unemployment: up to 80% in urban areas (2005). Arable land: 0.5%. Agriculture: coffee, cocoa, copra, palm kernels, tea, sugar, rubber, sweet potatoes, fruit, vegetables, vanilla; shell fish, poultry, pork. Labor force: 3.4 million; agriculture 85%, industry n.a., services n.a. Industries: copra crushing, palm oil processing, plywood production, wood-chip production; mining of gold, silver, and copper; crude oil production, petroleum refining; construction, tourism. Natural resources: gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries. Exports: $2.833 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): oil, gold, copper ore, logs, palm oil, coffee, cocoa, crayfish, prawns. Imports: $1.651 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, fuels, chemicals. Major trading partners: Australia, Japan, Germany, China, Singapore, New Zealand (2004
Theres my share Enjoy!!
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| Originally posted by spitty thank you for your question ryan! when i was in elementary school, we had several missionaries station in papua new guinea. we used to collect money and do fund raisers that supported these missionaries. most of them housed refugees from Irian Jaya. currently my cousin is a missionary in papua new guinea. the interest has always been there, hence why I requested papua new guinea (thanks josh). however, i have never heard of any of those animals, and found information on them on several tourist threads for PNG. alas, wikipedia was not among any of them. |
I wanted to find out what resources PNG had and was going to ask here but I decided to join the fun!
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| ECONOMY Papua New Guinea is rich in natural resources, including minerals, timber, and fish, and produces a variety of commercial agricultural products. The economy generally can be separated into subsistence and market sectors, although the distinction is blurred by smallholder cash cropping of coffee, cocoa, and copra. About 75% of the country's population relies primarily on the subsistence economy. The minerals, timber, and fish sectors are dominated by foreign investors. Manufacturing is limited, and the formal labor sector consequently also is limited. High commodity prices in 2005 continued to lift both sectors after several years of declines. Mineral Resources Papua New Guinea is richly endowed with gold, copper, oil, natural gas, and other minerals. In 2005 mineral export receipts accounted for 49.7% of GDP. Government revenues and foreign exchange earnings depend heavily on mineral exports. Indigenous landowners in areas affected by minerals projects also receive royalties from those operations. Copper and gold mines are currently in production at Porgera, Ok Tedi, Misima, and Lihir. A consortium led by Exxon/Mobil hopes to begin the commercialization of the country's estimated 22.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves through the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility. Interoil, an American-owned firm, opened Papua New Guinea�s first oil refinery in 2004. It has the capacity to produce 30,000 barrels of product a day. Agriculture, Timber, and Fish Papua New Guinea also produces and exports valuable agricultural, timber, and marine products. Agriculture currently accounts for 30.4% of GDP and supports more than 85% of the population. Cash crops ranked by value are coffee, oil, cocoa, copra, tea, rubber, and sugar. About 40% of the country is covered with exploitable trees, but a domestic woodworking industry has been slow to develop. A number of Southeast Asian companies are active in the timber industry, but World Bank and other donors have withdrawn support from the sector over concern for unregulated deforestation and environmental damage. Recently enacted forestry legislation has exacerbated those concerns. Papua New Guinea has an active tuna industry, but much of the catch is made by boats of other nations fishing in Papua New Guinea waters under license. Papua New Guinea is a signatory to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT), under which U.S. purse seiners fish for tuna in the exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of the Pacific Island parties. Locally produced fish exports are confined primarily to shrimp. Industry In general, the Papua New Guinea economy is highly dependent on imports for manufactured goods. Its industrial sector--exclusive of mining--accounts for only 9% of GDP and contributes little to exports. Small-scale industries produce beer, soap, concrete products, clothing, paper products, matches, ice cream, canned meat, fruit juices, furniture, plywood, and paint. The small domestic market, relatively high wages, and high transport costs are constraints to industrial development. Trade and Investment Australia, Singapore, and Japan are the principal exporters to Papua New Guinea. Petroleum and mining machinery and aircraft have been the strongest U.S. exports to Papua New Guinea. Australia is Papua New Guinea's most important export market, followed by Japan and the European Union. The U.S. imports modest amounts of gold, copper ore, cocoa, coffee, and other agricultural products from Papua New Guinea. Most of those exports take place through third countries. With the 2003 withdrawal of Chevron/Texaco, Australian companies are the most active in developing Papua New Guinea's mining and petroleum sectors. Exxon/Mobil retains a major share of natural gas reserves and is currently exploring the feasibility of building a liquefied natural gas processing facility. Interoil, an American-owned firm backed by an Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) loan, operates an oil refinery in Port Moresby. China is increasing its investment in Papua New Guinea, including development of the $1 billion Ramu nickel mine. Papua New Guinea became a participating economy in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum in 1993. It joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1996. It is an observer at ASEAN and a member of the ASEAN Regional Forum. |
This is all you need in this thread:
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
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| Originally posted by StereoPrincess This is surprises me bacause as stated above their unemployment rate is close to 80% in urban areas! Job creation must be the governments priority! |
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| Originally posted by TheVrk I'm sure corruption has a lot to do with this |
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| Originally posted by StereoPrincess that's too bad because it could be a great tourist destination. but who wants to visit a place where 80% of people are unemployed. they will want to rob you! |
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| Originally posted by TheVrk Cuba |
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| Originally posted by rabbitjoker Cuba is an embargo country. I cannot go there. |
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| Originally posted by StereoPrincess that's too bad because it could be a great tourist destination. but who wants to visit a place where 80% of people are unemployed. they will want to rob you! |
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| Originally posted by StereoPrincess lol. i can! |
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| Originally posted by rabbitjoker Cuba is an embargo country. I cannot go there. |
Back with another installment of Countrymania it's time for this week's selection!
Luxembourg!
Luxembourg declared independence in 1815, although it was not granted until 1839 and 1867 by the First Treaty of London and Second Treaty of London respectively, now thats dilligence!
They didn't just stop there though, they also stepped up to the plate and became a founding member of The European Union, NATO and United Nations. You want to play hardball? Luxembourg is game!
And if there's one thing you need to take away about Luxembourg it is the country's motto, "We Wish To Remain What We Are". Such attitude is not found commonly in the west. This just goes to show that despite being small and landlocked Luxembourg is damned happy about their Luxembourgness.
Time for all you people who've been in the closet with your love of Luxembourg to come out and shout it, shout it, shout it out loud!
Heh. Crazy Luxembourg.
We need pics of Luxembourg girls.
What are these people called Luxemburgers?
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| Originally posted by EvilTree Heh. Crazy Luxembourg. We need pics of Luxembourg girls. |
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