West Papua
West Papua, formerly Irian Jaya Barat, is an Indonesian province located in Indonesian Papua. It covers most of the two western peninsulas of the island of New Guinea: the eastern half of the Bird's Head Peninsula and the whole of the Bomberai Peninsula, along with nearby smaller islands.- Province of Indonesia with about 1,210,000 residents
- …was formerly known as “Provinsi Irian Jaya Barat”
- Also known as“Irian Jaya Barat”“West Irian Jaya”“West Papua Province”
Places of Interest
Discover Rendani Airport and Manokwari Port.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manokwari and East Manokwari.
West Papua
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Latitude
-0.8653° or 0° 51′ 55″ south
Longitude
134.0612° or 134° 3′ 40″ east
Open location code
6QFP43M6+VF
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“West Papua” goes by many names.
Papua BaratAchinese
ምዕራብ ፓፑዋAmharic
إيريان جايا الغربيةArabic
إيريان جايا غربArabic
بابوا الغربيةArabic
غرب بابواArabic
Արևմտյան ՊապուաArmenian
Provincia de Papúa OccidentalAsturian
Qərbi PapuaAzerbaijani
Papua BaratBalinese
Mendebaldeko PapuaBasque
Papua BaratBatak Mandailing
Papua PastimaBatak Toba
পশ্চিম পাপুয়াBengali
পশ্চিম পাপুয়া প্রদেশBengali
Papua KulonBetawi
Западна ПапуаBulgarian
Província de Papua OccidentalCatalan
Provinsi Papua BaratCebuano
西巴布亞省Chinese
Zapadna PapuaCroatian
Západní PapuaCzech
West Papua ProvinceDanish
West-PapoeaDutch
Okcidenta PapuoEsperanto
Papuo-BaratoEsperanto
Lääne-Paapua provintsEstonian
Ra PapuaFijian
Länsi-PapuaFinnish
დასავლეთი პაპუაGeorgian
Papua BaratGorontalo
Επαρχία Δυτικής ΠαπούαGreek
Papouazi oksidantalGuianese Creole French
પશ્ચિમ પપુઆ પ્રાંતGujarati
Sî PapuaHakka Chinese
West PapuaHausa
מערב פפואהHebrew
פפואה המערביתHebrew
पश्चिम पापुआHindi
पश्चिम पापुआ प्रांतHindi
Laud a PapuaIloko
Irian Jaya BaratIndonesian
pabarIndonesian
papbarIndonesian
Papua BaratIndonesian
Propinsi Irian Jaya BaratIndonesian
Prov. Papua BaratIndonesian
Provinsi Irian Jaya BaratIndonesian
Provinsi Papua BaratIndonesian
Papua ThiarIrish
Papua OccidentaleItalian
西イリアン・ジャヤJapanese
西イリアン・ジャヤ州Japanese
西パプア州Japanese
Papua BaratJavanese
Papua KulonJavanese
Papuah KulonJavanese
West PapuaJavanese
ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಪಪುವಾ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯKannada
West PapuaKazakh
West PapuaKirghiz
Papua BaratKomering
Papua LawokKomering
서파푸아주Korean
RietumpapuaLatvian
Rietumpapua provinceLatvian
Vakarų PapuaLithuanian
Западна ПапуаMacedonian
Papua Bârâ‘Madurese
Papua BaratMalay
വെസ്റ്റ് പപുവMalayalam
पश्चिम पापुआMarathi
पश्चिम पापुआ प्रांतMarathi
غربی پاپوآMazanderani
Să̤ PapuaMin Dong Chinese
Sai PapuaMin Nan Chinese
Sai Papua SéngMin Nan Chinese
Papua BaratMinangkabau
ბჟადალი პაპუაMingrelian
Papua BaratNorthern Frisian
Papua BaratNorwegian
Papua BaratNorwegian Bokmål
Papoa occidentalaOccitan (post 1500)
Província de Papoa occidentalaOccitan (post 1500)
West PapuaOromo
ਪੱਛਮੀ ਪਾਪੁਆPanjabi
پاپوآی غربیPersian
پاپوا غربیPersian
Papua ZachodniaPolish
لويديځ پاپواPushto
Западное ПапуаRussian
ᱯᱟᱪᱮ ᱯᱟᱯᱩᱣᱟSantali
ᱯᱟᱪᱮ ᱯᱟᱯᱩᱣᱟ (ᱯᱚᱱᱚᱛ)Santali
Wast PapuaScots
Западна ПапуаSerbian
Zapadna PapuaSerbo-Croatian
බටහිර පැපුවා පළාතSinhala
බටහිර පැපුවා පළාත, ඉන්දුනීසියාවSinhala
Západná PapuaSlovak
Zahodna Irian DžajaSlovenian
Zahodna PapuaSlovenian
West PapuaSomali
Papua KulonSundanese
Papua MagharibiSwahili
Papua BaratSwedish
Папуаи ҒарбӣTajik
மேலைப் பப்புவாTamil
மேற்கு இரியான்Tamil
மேற்கு இரியான் ஜாயாTamil
மேற்கு பப்புவா மாகாணம்Tamil
மேற்கு பாப்புவாTamil
மேற்குப் பப்புவாTamil
மேற்குப் பப்புவா மாகாணம்Tamil
West PapuaTatar
Көнбатыш ПапуаTatar
పశ్చిమ పాపువా ప్రావిన్స్Telugu
పశ్చిమ పాపువా రాష్ట్రభాగంTelugu
จังหวัดปาปัวตะวันตกThai
Batı PapuaTurkish
Західне ПапуаUkrainian
مغربی پاپواUrdu
مغربی پاپوا (صوبہ)Urdu
West PapuaUzbek
Tây PapuaVietnamese
Katundan nga PapuaWaray (Philippines)
Gorllewin PapuaWelsh
Արեւմտեան ՓափուաWestern Armenian
صوبا لہندا پاپواWestern Panjabi
صوبہ لہندا پاپواWestern Panjabi
西巴布亞省Wu Chinese
Арҕаа ПапуаYakut
西巴布亞Yue Chinese
ma Papuwa Pala
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