West Papua
West Papua, formerly Irian Jaya Barat, is an Indonesian province located in Indonesia 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.- Type: province of Indonesia with 552,000 residents
- Description: province of Indonesia
- Also known as: “pabar”, “papbar”, “Papua Occidental”, “Papuo-Barato”, “Propinsi Irian Jaya Barat”, “Prov. Papua Barat”, “provincia de Papua Occidental”, “provincia de Papúa Occidental”, “West Irian Jaya”, “Zahodna Irian Džaja”, “إيريان جايا الغربية”, “إيريان جايا غرب”, “غرب بابوا”, “पश्चिम पापुआ प्रांत”, “மேலைப் பப்புவா”, “மேற்கு இரியான்”, “மேற்கு இரியான் ஜாயா”, “மேற்கு பப்புவா மாகாணம்”, “மேற்கு பாப்புவா”, “மேற்குப் பப்புவா”, “పశ్చిమ పాపువా రాష్ట్రభాగం”, “西イリアン・ジャヤ”, “西イリアン・ジャヤ州”, “西イリアンジャヤ”, and “西イリアンジャヤ州”
- Historically known as: “Provinsi Irian Jaya Barat”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Rendani Airport and Manokwari Port.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manokwari and East Manokwari.
West Papua
- Location: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
-0.8653° or 0° 51′ 55″ south
Longitude
134.0612° or 134° 3′ 40″ east
Population
552,000
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
6QFP43M6+VF
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“West Papua” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Papua Barat”
- Amharic: “ምዕራብ ፓፑዋ”
- Arabic: “بابوا الغربية”
- Armenian: “Արևմտյան Պապուա”
- Asturian: “Provincia de Papúa Occidental”
- Azerbaijani: “Qərbi Papua”
- Balinese: “Papua Barat”
- Basque: “Mendebaldeko Papua”
- Batak Mandailing: “Papua Barat”
- Batak Toba: “Papua Pastima”
- Bengali: “পশ্চিম পাপুয়া প্রদেশ”
- Bengali: “পশ্চিম পাপুয়া”
- Betawi: “Papua Kulon”
- Bulgarian: “Западна Папуа”
- Catalan: “Província de Papua Occidental”
- Cebuano: “Provinsi Papua Barat”
- Chinese: “西巴布亞省”
- Croatian: “Zapadna Papua”
- Czech: “Západní Papua”
- Danish: “West Papua Province”
- Dutch: “West-Papoea”
- Esperanto: “Okcidenta Papuo”
- Estonian: “Lääne-Paapua provints”
- Fijian: “Ra Papua”
- Finnish: “Länsi-Papua”
- French: “Papouasie occidentale”
- Georgian: “დასავლეთი პაპუა”
- German: “Irian Jaya Barat”
- German: “Papua Barat”
- German: “Westpapua”
- Gorontalo: “Papua Barat”
- Greek: “Επαρχία Δυτικής Παπούα”
- Guianese Creole French: “Papouazi oksidantal”
- Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમ પપુઆ પ્રાંત”
- Hakka Chinese: “Sî Papua”
- Hausa: “West Papua”
- Hebrew: “מערב פפואה”
- Hebrew: “פפואה המערבית”
- Hindi: “पश्चिम पापुआ”
- Iloko: “Laud a Papua”
- Indonesian: “Papua Barat”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Papua Barat”
- Irish: “Papua Thiar”
- Italian: “Papua Occidentale”
- Japanese: “西パプア州”
- Javanese: “Papua Barat”
- Javanese: “Papua Kulon”
- Javanese: “Papuah Kulon”
- Javanese: “West Papua”
- Kannada: “ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಪಪುವಾ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
- Kazakh: “West Papua”
- Kirghiz: “West Papua”
- Komering: “Papua Barat”
- Komering: “Papua Lawok”
- Korean: “서파푸아주”
- Latvian: “Rietumpapua province”
- Latvian: “Rietumpapua”
- Lithuanian: “Vakarų Papua”
- Macedonian: “Западна Папуа”
- Madurese: “Papua Bârâ‘”
- Malay: “Papua Barat”
- Malayalam: “വെസ്റ്റ് പപുവ”
- Marathi: “पश्चिम पापुआ”
- Mazanderani: “غربی پاپوآ”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Să̤ Papua”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sai Papua Séng”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sai Papua”
- Minangkabau: “Papua Barat”
- Mingrelian: “ბჟადალი პაპუა”
- Northern Frisian: “Papua Barat”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Papua Barat”
- Norwegian: “Papua Barat”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Papoa occidentala”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Província de Papoa occidentala”
- Oromo: “West Papua”
- Panjabi: “ਪੱਛਮੀ ਪਾਪੁਆ”
- Persian: “پاپوآی غربی”
- Persian: “پاپوا غربی”
- Persian: “پاپوای غربی”
- Polish: “Papua Zachodnia”
- Portuguese: “Papua Ocidental”
- Pushto: “لويديځ پاپوا”
- Russian: “Западное Папуа”
- Santali: “ᱯᱟᱪᱮ ᱯᱟᱯᱩᱣᱟ (ᱯᱚᱱᱚᱛ)”
- Santali: “ᱯᱟᱪᱮ ᱯᱟᱯᱩᱣᱟ”
- Scots: “Wast Papua”
- Serbian: “Западна Папуа”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zapadna Papua”
- Sinhala: “බටහිර පැපුවා පළාත, ඉන්දුනීසියාව”
- Sinhala: “බටහිර පැපුවා පළාත”
- Slovak: “Západná Papua”
- Slovenian: “Zahodna Papua”
- Somali: “West Papua”
- Spanish: “Papúa Occidental”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Papúa Occidental”
- Sundanese: “Papua Kulon”
- Swahili: “Papua Magharibi”
- Swedish: “Papua Barat”
- Tajik: “Папуаи Ғарбӣ”
- Tamil: “மேற்கு பப்புவா”
- Tamil: “மேற்குப் பப்புவா மாகாணம்”
- Tatar: “West Papua”
- Tatar: “Көнбатыш Папуа”
- Telugu: “పశ్చిమ పాపువా ప్రావిన్స్”
- Thai: “จังหวัดปาปัวตะวันตก”
- Turkish: “Batı Papua”
- Ukrainian: “Західне Папуа”
- Urdu: “مغربی پاپوا (صوبہ)”
- Urdu: “مغربی پاپوا”
- Uzbek: “West Papua”
- Vietnamese: “Tây Papua”
- Waray (Philippines): “Katundan nga Papua”
- Welsh: “Gorllewin Papua”
- Western Armenian: “Արեւմտեան Փափուա”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبا لہندا پاپوا”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ لہندا پاپوا”
- Wu Chinese: “西巴布亞省”
- Yakut: “Арҕаа Папуа”
- Yue Chinese: “西巴布亞”
- “ma Papuwa Pala”
- “Papua Barat”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Manggoapi and Rendani.
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