What is Port Moresby?
[[File:Papua New Guinea map.png|thumb|200px|Map of [[Papua New Guinea]] and Port Moresby]] [[Image:Flag of Port Moresby.png|thumb|200px|Flag]] '''Port Moresby''' (9°30′S 147°12′E) is the [[capital city]] and the main city of [[Papua New Guinea]]. In 2000, 255,000 people lived there. The city is on the shores of the [[Gulf of Papua]], on the southeastern coast of the island of [[New Guinea]]. The area on which the city was built was first sighted by a [[Europe]]an in [[1873]] by [[John Moresby|Captain John Moresby]]. It was named in honor of his father [[Sir Fairfax Moresby|Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby]]. {{geo-stub}} [[Category:National capitals in Oceania]] [[Category:Geography of Papua New Guinea]]