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MeSH Heading: Papua New Guinea
Tree Number(s): Z01.639.760.590.715
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 Established: 1982/01/01
Date of Entry: 1981/03/02
Revision Date: 2012/07/03

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.
Terms: Papua New Guinea Preferred Term
Term UI T030221
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID POPLINE (1983); New Guinea, Papua
Term UI T030220
Date03/02/1981
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); New Guinea, East
Term UI T030219
Date03/02/1981
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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