Papua New Guinea is one of the most culturally diverse countries on Earth. According to recent data, 841 different languages are listed for the country, although 11 of these have no known living speakers.[6] There may be at least as many traditional societies, out of a population of about 6.2 million. It is also one of the most rural, as only 18 percent of its people live in urban centres.[7] The country is one of the world's least explored, culturally and geographically, and many undiscovered species of plants and animals are thought to exist in the interior of Papua New Guinea.[8]
Strong growth in the mining and resource sector has led to PNG becoming the seventhfastest-growing economy in the world as of 2011.[9] Despite this, the majority of the population still live in traditional societies and practice subsistence-based agriculture. These societies and clans have some explicit acknowledgement within the nation's constitutional framework. The PNG Constitution expresses the wish for "traditional villages and communities to remain as viable units of Papua New Guinean society",[10]and for active steps to be taken in their preservation. Many people live in extremepoverty, with about one third of the population living on less than US$1.25 per day.[11]
After being ruled by three external powers since 1884, Papua New Guinea gained itsindependence from Australia in 1975. It remains a Commonwealth realm of Her MajestyElizabeth II, Queen of Papua New Guinea.
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正式名称はIndependen Stet bilong Papua Niugini。通称 Papua Niugini。略称は PNG。
日本語の表記はパプアニューギニア独立国。通称はパプアニューギニア。他に、パプワニューギニア、パプアニューギニヤ、パプワニューギニヤ、という表記もされる。「パプア」と「ニューギニア」の間に、中黒（・）を入れることも多い。
パプアニューギニアは、元々あったパプアとニューギニアが合併してできた国である。パプアは、メラネシア人の縮れ毛を指すマレー語の言葉から来ている。ニューギニアは、メラネシア人がアフリカのギニア人に似ているところからスペイン人の探検家が名付けたものである。
パプアは領土の南側で旧イギリス領（のちにオーストラリア領）、ニューギニアは北側で旧ドイツ領（後にオーストラリア委任統治領）であった。
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20121022 0747UTC 14040kHz P29VCX
Date : 22/Oct/2012 0747UTC
Freq : 14040kHz CW
Rig : ICOM IC-7200
ANT : LOOP
PC recording
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