Papua New Guinea (PNG) officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania ,occupying 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.) It is located in the southwestern part of pacific ocean , in a region defined since the early 19th century as Melanesia. The capital is Port Moresby.It is one of the most diverse country in the world with 850 indegenous languages.Papua New Guinea has its rank in the measurement of National Average per capita Income using Atlas method est.2003 is 162th. from the top and 44th from the bottom.and in the other measurement IMF (2007), WB (2007) and CIA(2008) Rank/est............rank/est..........................rank/estIMF.........................WB.........................................CIA130/991.............127/990......................................133/1,034rank/est....................rank/est...................................rank/est
