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Papua New Guinea
Description
This record is for Papua New Guinea for the period 1975 to present. It occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands (the western portion of the island is a part of the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. Papua New Guinea gained its independence from Australia in 1975.