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    Oceania is an island continent in the Pacific Ocean that includes Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, and the archipelagos of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. It has an area of 9 million km2 and is the smallest continent. It is made up of 14 countries and a great diversity of native cultures such as the Australian aborigines and the groups of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia, each with its own language and traditions. The human population of Ocean

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    Oceania is an island continent in the Pacific Ocean that includes Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, and the archipelagos of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. It has an area of 9 million km2 and is the smallest continent. It is made up of 14 countries and a great diversity of native cultures such as the Australian aborigines and the groups of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia, each with its own language and traditions. The human population of Ocean

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    Political division of Oceania

    Oceania is an island continent of the Earth made up of the continental shelf of


    Australia, the islands of New Guinea, New Zealand and the coral and volcanic
    archipelagos of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Historically, Insulindia was
    also considered part of Oceania.1 All of these islands are distributed throughout
    the Pacific Ocean. With an area of 9,008,458 km², it is the smallest continent on
    planet Earth.

    In other continental models, particularly English-speaking ones, Australia


    (continent) is used instead of Oceania,2 but in this case its definition does not
    include the Pacific islands. Conversely, in other models the term Oceania is used
    to designate the set of all the islands of the Pacific Ocean.

    Oceania countries

    1. Australia, Canberra
    2. Federated States of Micronesia, Palikir
    3. Fiji, Suva
    4. Marshall Islands, Majuro
    5. Solomon Islands, Honiara
    6. Kiribati, Bairiki
    7. Nauru, Yaren
    8. New Zealand, Wellington
    9. Palau, Koror
    10. Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby
    11. Samoa, Apia
    12. Tonga, Nuku'alofa
    13. Tuvalu, Fongafale
    14. Vanuatu, Port Vila

    Oceania Culture

    Oceania is a conglomerate of different truly fascinating cultures , making it a


    continent full of diversity. In its territories the roots of ancient local cultures are
    mixed with those incorporated from the British Empire. The original cultures of
    Oceania are made up of the native groups of aborigines from Australia, Polynesia,
    Melanesia and Micronesia.

    Within these native groups there is a large number of tribal divisions and different
    ethnic groups, each with its own language, which also implies a wide variety of
    customs and cultural traditions . However, there are also common points
    between these groups. Today I want to invite you to learn a little about the different
    cultures of Oceania .
    History of Oceania

    The human settlement of Oceania occurred in several waves. The first settlers of
    Oceania were Homo sapiens from Southeast Asia. The current Papuans and
    native Australians descend from them. The settlement of Australia and New
    Guinea dates back to 40,000 BC.

    A second, much more recent wave is the one that populated the rest of the Pacific
    islands. This second human wave was that of the Austronesian peoples (started
    between 3000 BC). C. and 2000 BC. C.), also of Asian origin, more specifically
    from Taiwan. The Austronesians were great navigators and were the first settlers in
    many parts of Oceania, particularly Polynesia, New Zealand and Hawaii, reaching
    at least as far as Easter Island. The settlement of Micronesia and Polynesia lasted
    for three millennia from 2000 BC. C. until the 1st millennium AD. C.. New Zealand,
    for example, was settled between the s. IX and XIV by the Maori.

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