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New page: New Guinea is a large island off the northern coast of Australia, lying south-east of the Philippines. It has a land area of 312,167 squae miles (808,510 sq km) and is the second ...
New Guinea is a large island off the northern coast of [[Australia]], lying south-east of the [[Philippines]]. It has a land area of 312,167 squae miles (808,510 sq km) and is the second largest island in the world ([[Greenland]] is the largest island). Politically, New Guinea falls under two jurisdictions. The western part of the island is a province of [[Indonesia]] named Irian Jaya. The eastern part of the island, with offshore islands, forms the independent state of [[Papua New Guinea]].
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[[Category:Islands]]