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At 462,840 km 2 (178,700 sq mi) it is the world's third largest island country. [1] Papua New Guinea has one land border—that which divides the island of New Guinea. Across the 820 km (509 mi) border is the Indonesian provinces of Papua, Highland Papua and South Papua.
Map of Papua New Guinea Share of forest area in total land area, top countries (2021). Papua New Guinea has the eighth highest percentage of forest cover in the world. At 462,840 km 2 (178,704 sq mi), Papua New Guinea is the world's 54th-largest country and the third-largest island country. [14]
Papua New Guinea–Solomon Islands border (3 P) This page was last edited on 20 March 2013, at 19:18 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
This is a list of countries and territories by land and maritime borders. For each country or territory, ... Papua New Guinea: 1 4 (5) 4 (5)
Papua New Guinea Indonesia: 820 510 On the island of New Guinea Portugal Spain: 1,214 754 Qatar Saudi Arabia: 60 37 The planned Qatar–Bahrain Causeway would connect Qatar to Bahrain. South Korea North Korea: 238 148 On the Korean Peninsula, at the Demarcation Line. The two countries are separated by a 4 km wide Demilitarized Zone. Both Koreas ...
For political reasons, the United Nations considers the boundary between the two regions to be the Indonesian–Papua New Guinean border. [2] Papua New Guinea is occasionally considered Asian as it neighbours Indonesia, [3] [4] [5] but this is rare, and it is generally accepted to be part
The Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border is the international border between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The border, which divides the island of New Guinea in half, consists of two straight north–south lines connected by a short section running along the Fly River, totalling 824 km (512 mi). [1] The boundary separates Papua, Highland Papua ...
Distinct Land Borders: Refers to the number of separate geographic boundaries a country shares with its neighbors. A single country may have multiple distinct land borders with the same neighbour (e.g., due to enclaves, exclaves, or disconnected regions). Distinct Land Neighbours: Refers to the number of unique countries a nation borders via land.