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Papua New Guinea MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Papua New Guinea
Tree Number(s)
Z01.639.760.590.715
Z01.678.101.590.715
Unique ID
D010219
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010219
Annotation
read MeSH definition for hist & geog scope; Papuans are of NEGROID RACE unless otherwise specified
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.
Entry Term(s)
New Guinea, East
New Guinea, Papua
Previous Indexing
New Guinea (1966-1981)
History Note
82
Date Introduced
1982/01/01
Last Updated
2026/01/01
Papua New Guinea Preferred
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