Published on: Tuesday, June 4, 2024
The government figure is roughly triple the U.N. estimate of 670 killed by Friday's landslide in the South Pacific island nation's mountainous interior.
A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations that more than 2000 people are believed to have been buried alive by a landslide Friday.
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Papua New Guinea stretches from just south of the Equator to the Torres Strait, which separates New Guinea from Cape York Peninsula to the south, the northernmost extension of Australia.Mainland Papua New Guinea reaches its maximum north-south expanse of some 510 miles (820 km) along its western border with Indonesian Papua.
New Guinea (Tok Pisin: Niugini; Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Indonesian: Papua, fossilized Nugini, or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of 785,753 km 2 (303,381 sq mi). Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the 150-kilometre (81-nautical-mile; 93-mile) wide Torres Strait, though both landmasses lie on the ...
The landslide occurred in a remote but densely populated area that is part of the highlands of Papua New Guinea. An electoral roll in 2022 estimated the region’s population at just under 4,000 ...
Papua New Guinea (PNG) occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; the western half is part of Indonesia. PNG was first settled between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago. Its harsh geography of mountains, jungles, and numerous river valleys kept many of the arriving groups isolated, giving rise to PNG’s ethnic and linguistic diversity. ...
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An unbroken chain of mountains with peaks above 13,000 feet (4,000 metres) in elevation extends across New Guinea from the northwest to the southeast, rising to 16,024 feet (4,884 metres) at Jaya Peak in western Papua province—the highest point in Indonesia.The summits of the chain are glaciated, and the mountains incorporate extinct volcanoes and elongated, fertile highland basins usually ...
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Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern part of the world's second largest island and is prey to volcanic activity, earthquakes and tidal waves. Linguistically, it is the world's most diverse ...
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia. It shares its only land border with Indonesia to the west and it is directly adjacent to Australia to the south and the Solomon Islands to the east.