Papua New Guinea

Native Name:
Papua New Guinea
Region:
Oceania
Capital:
Port Moresby
Currencies:
Papua New Guinean kina (K)
Population:
11,781,559
Sub Region:
Melanesia
Top Level Domain:
.pg
Languages:
English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin
Border Countries:
Indonesia

The flag of Papua New Guinea is divided diagonally, from the upper hoist-side corner to the lower fly-side corner, into a lower black and an upper red triangle. On the hoist side of the lower black triangle is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation made up of one small and four larger five-pointed white stars. A golden Raggiana bird-of-paradise is situated on the fly side of the upper red triangle.