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Port Moresby (/ ˈmɔːrzbi /; Tok Pisin: Pot Mosbi), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New Zealand. It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the south-western ...
Oct 17, 2024 · The 93-square-mile (240-square-km) National Capital District, coterminous with the city of Port Moresby, was established in 1974. When Papua New Guinea attained independence in 1975, Port Moresby became its capital. Government buildings are located in both the city centre and outer suburbs. The city has by far the highest population density in ...
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Aug 7, 2017 · Port Moresby is the capital city of Papua New Guinea as provided for by the nation’s constitution. Port Moresby is also the largest city in Papua New Guinea as well as the most populous city in the nation with a population of over 364,000 residents. Port Moresby is the economic and commercial hub of the country with many major corporations ...
Papua New Guinea, [note 1] officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, [13][note 2] is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia).
Port Moresby (9°30′S 147°12′E) is the capital city and the main city of Papua New Guinea. In 2000, 255,000 people lived there. The city is on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea. The area on which the city was built was first sighted by a European in 1873 by Captain John Moresby. It was ...
Port Moresby or Pot Mosbi in Tok Pisin, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea (PNG).It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43 in World War II, as a staging point and air base to cut off Australia from Southeast Asia and the ...
Port Moresby is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. The city is on the shores of the Gulf of Papua. Its population is around 365,000 (2011) and growing quickly. The indigenous people of the area are the Motu-Koitabu. Moresby, as it is commonly known, got its name from Captain John Moresby who arrived in 1873 as the first European ...
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