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Descriptor English: Papua New Guinea
Descriptor Spanish: Papúa Nueva Guinea
Descriptor Papúa Nueva Guinea
Entry term(s) Nueva Guinea Oriental
Nueva Guinea, Papúa
Scope note: País que consta de la mitad oriental de la isla de Nueva Guinea e islas adyacentes, incluida Nueva Bretaña , Nueva Irlanda, las Islas del Almirantazgo, y Nueva Hanover en el Archipiélago Bismarck, Bougainville y Buka en las Islas Salomón del norte, las Islas D'Entrecasteaux y Tobriand, la isla Woodlark (Murua) y el Archipiélago de las Luisiadas. Logró la independencia el 16 de septiembre de 1975. Antiguamente, la parte suroriental era el Territorio Australiano de Papúa y la parte septentrional era el UN Trust Territory de Nueva Guinea, administrado por Australia. Se fusionaron administrativamente en 1949 y se llamaron Papúa y Nueva Guinea y fueron renombradas en 1971 como Papúa Nueva Guinea.
Descriptor Portuguese: Papua Nova Guiné
Descriptor French: Papouasie - Nouvelle-Guinée
Entry term(s): New Guinea, East
New Guinea, Papua
Tree number(s): Z01.639.760.590.715
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010219
Scope note: A country consisting of the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and adjacent islands, including New Britain, New Ireland, the Admiralty Islands, and New Hanover in the Bismarck Archipelago; Bougainville and Buka in the northern Solomon Islands; the D'Entrecasteaux and Trobriand Islands; Woodlark (Murua) Island; and the Louisiade Archipelago. It became independent on September 16, 1975. Formerly, the southern part was the Australian Territory of Papua, and the northern part was the UN Trust Territory of New Guinea, administered by Australia. They were administratively merged in 1949 and named Papua and New Guinea, and renamed Papua New Guinea in 1971.
Annotation: read MeSH definition for hist & geog scope; Papuans are of NEGROID RACE unless otherwise specified
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
Previous Indexing: New Guinea (1966-1981)
History Note: 82
DeCS ID: 10406
Unique ID: D010219
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Date Established: 1982/01/01
Date of Entry: 1981/03/02
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Papua New Guinea - Preferred
Concept UI M0015848
Scope note A country consisting of the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and adjacent islands, including New Britain, New Ireland, the Admiralty Islands, and New Hanover in the Bismarck Archipelago; Bougainville and Buka in the northern Solomon Islands; the D'Entrecasteaux and Trobriand Islands; Woodlark (Murua) Island; and the Louisiade Archipelago. It became independent on September 16, 1975. Formerly, the southern part was the Australian Territory of Papua, and the northern part was the UN Trust Territory of New Guinea, administered by Australia. They were administratively merged in 1949 and named Papua and New Guinea, and renamed Papua New Guinea in 1971.
Preferred term Papua New Guinea
Entry term(s) New Guinea, East
New Guinea, Papua



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