!!!Papua New Guinea %%image_right [{GoogleMap location='Papua New Guinea' type='embedded' zoom='bounds' width='450' height='350'}] %% [{Image src='pp-lgflag.gif' class='image_left' height='150' width='226'}] The eastern half of the island of New Guinea - second largest in the world - was divided between Germany (north) and the UK (south) in 1885. The latter area was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I and continued to administer the combined areas until independence in 1975. A nine-year secessionist revolt on the island of Bougainville ended in 1997 after claiming some 20,000 lives. %%menu-geo %%cols-r * %%icon-geo,geo %% [Geography|Geography/Asia/Papua_New_Guinea/Geography] * %%icon-geo,maps %% [Maps|Geography/Asia/Papua_New_Guinea/Maps] * %%icon-geo,culture %% [Culture|Geography/Asia/Papua_New_Guinea/Culture] ---- * %%icon-geo,special %% [Special Information|Geography/Asia/Papua_New_Guinea/Special_Information] * %%icon-geo,picture %% [Pictures|Geography/Asia/Papua_New_Guinea/Pictures] * %%icon-geo,community %% [Community Contributions|Geography/Asia/Papua_New_Guinea/Community_Contributions] %% %% [{Metadata Suchbegriff='Papua Neuguinea'}]