Solid Waste Management in the Pacific: Papua New Guinea Country Snapshot
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Papua New Guinea (PNG) covers a land area of over 450,000 square kilometers (km2). Approximately 12.5% of its 7.16 million people live in urban areas. In 2012, the per capita gross domestic product of PNG was estimated at 4,500 Kina ($1,629).1 Port Moresby, PNG’s capital city, which is the focus of this study, is located on the southeastern coast on the Gulf of Papua. It has a geographic area of about 90 km2, and a population of around 400,000.2
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