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Geography - note Papua New Guinea, in 30 editions.
The entry for Papua New Guinea published Geography - note in 30 editions of 36, from 1996 to 2025. The text changed in 7 editions. Each is shown as published. Geography - note in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 7
- the first edition with it
- 1996
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Geographic note” (1996), “Geography - note” (1997 to 2025), “Geography-note” (1998) and “Geography--note” (1999).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024Published as “Geographic note”
shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast
shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one
of world's largest swamps along southwest coast
shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast
shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one
world's largest swamps along southwest coast
Published as “Geography-note”
shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast
shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of
world's largest swamps along southwest coast
Published as “Geography--note”
shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast
shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of
of world's largest swamps along southwest coast
The same text in 16 editions, 2000 to 2015.
shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast
shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one
The same text in 2016 and 2017.
- shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia;
- generally east-west trending highlands break up New Guinea into diverse ecoregions;
- one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast
shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; generally east-west trending highlands break up New Guinea into diverse ecoregions; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast
The same text in 3 editions, 2018 to 2020.
note 1: shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; generally east-west trending highlands break up New Guinea into diverse ecoregions; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast note 2: Papua New Guinea is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean; up to 90% of the world's earthquakes and some 75% of the world's volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire
Rewritten: too little of the 2017 text remains to mark the changes.
note 1: shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; generally east-west trending highlands break up New Guinea into diverse ecoregions; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast note 2: Papua New Guinea is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean; up to 90% of the world's earthquakes and some 75% of the world's volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire
The same text in 4 editions, 2021 to 2024.
note 1: shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; generally east-west trending highlands break up New Guinea into diverse ecoregions; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast
note 2: two major food crops apparently developed on the island of New Guinea: bananas and sugarcane
note 3: Papua New Guinea is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean; up to 90% of the world's earthquakes and some 75% of the world's volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire
note 1: shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; generally east-west trending highlands break up New Guinea into diverse ecoregions; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast
note 2: two major food crops apparently developed on the island of New Guinea: bananas and sugarcane
note 3: Papua New Guinea is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean; up to 90% of the world's earthquakes and some 75% of the world's volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire
note 1: shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; highlands that trend from east to west break up New Guinea into diverse ecoregions; one of world's largest swamps lies along the southwest coast
note 2: Papua New Guinea is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, which is a belt bordering the Pacific Ocean that contains about 75% of the world's volcanoes and up to 90% of the world's earthquakes
note 1: shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; generally east-west trending highlands that trend from east to west break up New Guinea into diverse ecoregions; one of world's largest swamps lies along the southwest coast
note 2: two major food crops apparently developed on the island of New Guinea: bananas and sugarcane Papua New Guinea is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, which is a belt
note 3:of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean; up to 90% Ocean that contains about 75% of the world's earthquakes volcanoes and some 75% up to 90% of the world's volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire earthquakes
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Papua New Guinea: Geography - note.” The World Factbook, 1996–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/papua-new-guinea/geography-note.