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Portable Network Graphics ( PNG, officially pronounced / pɪŋ / [2] [3] PING, colloquially pronounced / ˌpiːɛnˈdʒiː / [4] PEE-en-JEE) is a raster-graphics file format that supports lossless data compression. [5]
The first major gas project was the PNG LNG joint venture. ExxonMobil is operator of the joint venture, also comprising PNG company Oil Search, Santos, Kumul Petroleum Holdings (Papua New Guinea's national oil and gas company), JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration, the PNG government's Mineral Resources Development Company and Petromin PNG Holdings.
Proposed flags of German New Guinea. Another design incorporating the horizontal black-white-red tricolour of the German Empire. 1970–1971. Proposed flag of Papua and New Guinea. A vertical tricolour of blue, gold and green, with a white Southern Cross in the hoist and a white Raggiana bird-of-paradise.
The Papua New Guinea National Emblem is a partially-stylized representation of the widespread Bird of Paradise Genus paradisaea in display, head turned to its left, seated on the upturned grip of a horizontal Kundu drum with the drum-head to the right side of the bird, from behind which a horizontal ceremonial spear projects with the head to the left of the bird.
The flag of Papua New Guinea ( Tok Pisin: plak bilong Papua Niugini) was adopted on 1 July 1971. In the hoist, it depicts the Southern Cross; in the fly, a Raggiana bird-of-paradise is silhouetted. The design was chosen through a nationwide design competition in early 1971. The winning designer was Susan Karike, [1] who was 15 at the time.
Papua New Guinea has a total area of 462,840 km 2 (178,700 sq mi), of which 452,860 km 2 (174,850 sq mi) is land and 9,980 km 2 (3,850 sq mi) is water. This makes it the 3rd largest island country in the world. [1] Its coastline is 5 152 km long. The northernmost point is Mussau Island (1°23' S), southernmost point is Sudest Island (11°65' S ...
Children dressed up for sing-sing in Yengisa, Papua New Guinea. The culture of Papua New Guinea is complex and multifaceted. It is estimated that more than 7000 different cultural groups exist in Papua New Guinea, and most groups have their own language. Because of this diversity, in which they take pride, many different styles of cultural ...
For administrative purposes, Papua New Guinea is divided into administrative divisions called provinces. There are 22 provincial-level divisions, which include 20 provinces, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, and the National Capital District of Port Moresby . In 2009, the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea created two additional ...