New Guinea

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New Guinea is the second largest non-continental island in the world (the largest is Greenland). It is situated in the border area of Australasia and Melanesia, and is divided into two parts:

• Papua New Guinea (Independent State of Papua New Guinea) - an independent state, occupying the eastern half of the island

• Western New Guinea - two Indonesian provinces (Papua and West Irian Jaya), occupying the western half of the island

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