Dig straight down through Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the North Atlantic Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Brazil 🇧🇷. Below are Papua New Guinea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Capital | Port Moresby |
|---|---|
| Population | about 8.78 million |
| Area | 464,532 km² (179,357 sq mi) |
| Region | Melanesia, Oceania |
| Economy | Developing region |
| Income group | Lower middle income |
| Official name | Independent State of Papua New Guinea |
| Also written | Papúa Nueva Guinea (es) · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée (fr) · 巴布亚新几内亚 (zh) · بابوا غينيا الجديدة (ar) · Папуа — Новая Гвинея (ru) · パプアニューギニア (ja) |
Taken from the middle of Papua New Guinea, that point sits at 6.6678° N, 35.7739° W. The nearest coast is Brazil 🇧🇷, roughly 1,157 km (719 miles) north-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Fortaleza, Brazil, about 1,199 km (745 miles) from the point.
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