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World’s New Nation: Bougainville
December 14 , 2019
2152 days
1954
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- South Pacific Archipelago of Bougainville voted to become independent of Papua New Guinea.
- Bougainville would become the world’s newest and possibly the smallest independent country.
- The Panguna mine (also known as the Bougainville Copper Mine) holds some of the world’s largest reserves of copper.
- It is the world’s largest open-cut copper mine.
- The most widely spoken language in the country is Halia.
- The country is yet to prove its recognition in the United Nations.
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