Geography: The Countries and Territories of Oceania

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The following are the countries and territories of Oceania:

Oceania

FlagCountryCapitalOfficial Language(s)Demonym
AustraliaCanberraEnglishAustralian
Federated States of MicronesiaPalikirEnglishMicronesian
FijiSuvaEnglish, Fijian, Fiji HindiFijian
KiribatiSouth TarawaEnglish, GilberteseI-Kiribati
Marshall IslandsMajuroMarshallese, EnglishMarshallese
NauruYarenNauruan, EnglishNauruan
New ZealandWellingtonEnglish, MaoriNew Zealander
NiueAlofiNiuean, EnglishNiuean
PalauNgerulmudEnglish, PaluanPaluan
Papua New GuineaPort MoresbyHiri Motu, Tok Pisin, EnglishPapua New Ginean
SamoaApiaSamoanSamoan
Solomon IslandsHoniaraEnglishSolomon Islander
TongaNuku’alofaTongan, EnglishTongan
TuvaluFunafitiTuvaluan, EnglishTuvaluan
VanuatuPort VilaBislama, French, EnglishVanuatuan

Territories

FlagCountryCapitalOfficial Language(s)Demonym
American Samoa (US)Pago PagoEnglish, SamoanAmerican Samoan
Ashmore and Cartier Islands (AUS)   
Christmas Island (AUS)Flying Fish CoveEnglishChristmas Islander
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (AUS)West IslandEnglishCocossian, Cocos Islandian
Cook Islands (NZ)AvaruaEnglish, Cook Islands MaoriCook Islander
Coral Sea Islands (AUS)   
Easter Island (Chile) Spanish 
French Polynesia (France)Pape’eteFrenchFrench Polynesian
Guam (US)HagåtñaEnglish, ChamorroGuamanian
Hawaii (US)HonoluluEnglish, HawaiianHawaiian
New Caledonia (France)NoumeaFrenchNew Caledonians
Norfolk Island (AUS)KingstonEnglish, NorfukNorfolk Islander
Northern Mariana Islands (US)Capital Hill (Saipan)English, Chamorro, CarolinianNorthern Mariana Islander
Papua (Indonesia)Jayapura  
Pitcairn Islands (UK)AdamstownEnglishPitcairn Islander
Tokelau (NZ)AtafuTokelauan, EnglishTokelauan
Wake Island (US)   
Wallis and Futuna (FRA)Mata-UtuFrenchWallisian, Futunan
West Papua (Indonesia)Manokwari  

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