Papua New Guinea Cities with Hotels

    Papua New Guinea, independent nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, member of the Commonwealth of Nations. It is made up of the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, called the mainland; the Bismarck Archipelago; the Louisiade Archipelago; the Trobriand Islands; the D'Entrecasteaux Islands; Woodlark Island; and other nearby islands, including Bougainville and Buka. Papua New Guinea is bounded on the north by the Bismarck Sea; on the east by the Solomon Sea; on the south by the Coral Sea, the Gulf of Papua, and the Torres Strait; and on the west by the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya. The nation has an area of 462,840 sq km (178,704 sq mi). Port Moresby (population, 1990 preliminary, 193,242), is the capital of the country and its principal city; other cities include Lae (80,655) and Madang (27,057). The population of Papua New Guinea (1990, preliminary) was 3,689,000, yielding a density of about 8 persons per sq km (about 20 per sq mi).
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Physical Characteristics
    The coastline of mainland Papua New Guinea is mainly low-lying. In the south it is deeply indented by river estuaries and by a number of bays, including Milne Bay, located at the eastern extremity. The interior is partly a low-lying, swampy plain formed by alluvial action. The interior also contains a series of rugged mountains, including the Bismarck and Owen Stanley ranges. The highest point is Mount Wilhelm, at 4509 m (14,793 ft). Rivers of the mainland include the Fly, in the southwest; the Purari, in the south; and the Sepic, Markham, and Ramu, in the north. The Fly is navigable in its lower course. Some of Papua New Guinea's islands, such as New Britain and Bougainville, are mountainous, and many of the small islands are low-lying coral atolls.
    There are active volcanoes on the northern coast of the mainland and on several of the islands. In September 1994 two volcanoes on New Britain erupted and more than 90,000 people evacuated the island.
Climate
    The climate of Papua New Guinea is generally hot and humid. In the lowlands temperatures range between 21.1° and 32.2° C (70° and 90° F). In the mountainous regions lows of 3.3° C (38° F) have been recorded. Annual rainfall totals nearly 5080 mm (nearly 200 in) in the Milne Bay region and about 5840 mm (about 230 in) at the mouth of the Fly River. Port Moresby, which lies between these two points, is sheltered by the Owen Stanley Range and receives only about 1145 mm (about 45 in) of rain annually.

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