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Southwest Papua

Southwest Papua is the 38th province of to be created and was split off from on 8 December 2022. Despite being named "southwest", this is actually a misnomer and this province is actually located at the northwest corner of Indonesian Papua.
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  • Type: State with 603,000 residents
  • Description: province of Indonesia
  • Also known as: “Far West Papua”, “Papua Barat Daya”, and “Southwest Papua Province”

Southwest Papua

Latitude
-1.0986° or 1° 5′ 55″ south
Longitude
131.3525° or 131° 21′ 9″ east
Population
603,000
Elevation
114 metres (374 feet)
Open location code
6QCHW923+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10200057130
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
12503510
Wiki­data ID
Q115253263
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Southwest Papua” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بابوا الجنوبية الغربية”
  • Arabic: “جنوب غربي بابوا”
  • Balinese: “Papua Barat Daya”
  • Batak Toba: “Papua Nariti”
  • Betawi: “Papua Kidul-kulon”
  • Breton: “Mervent Papoua”
  • Chinese: “西南巴布亚省”
  • Chinese: “西南巴布亞省”
  • Czech: “Jihozápadní Papua”
  • Dutch: “Zuidwest-Papoea”
  • Esperanto: “Sudokcidenta Papuio”
  • Estonian: “Edela-Paapua provints”
  • Finnish: “Lounais-Papua”
  • French: “Papouasie du Sud-Ouest”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთ-დასავლეთი პაპუა”
  • German: “Papua Barat Daya”
  • German: “Provinz Papua Barat Daya”
  • German: “Südwestpapua”
  • Gorontalo: “Papua Barat Daya”
  • Hebrew: “דרום-מערב פפואה”
  • Indonesian: “Papua Barat Daya”
  • Indonesian: “Papua Baratdaya”
  • Indonesian: “Prov. Papua Barat Daya”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Papua Barat Daya”
  • Irish: “Papua Thiar Theas”
  • Italian: “Papua sud-occidentale”
  • Japanese: “南西パプア州”
  • Javanese: “Papua Kidul-Kulon”
  • Javanese: “Papuah Kidul Kulon”
  • Khmer: “ប៉ាពួភាគនិរតី”
  • Komering: “Papua Barat Daya”
  • Komering: “Papua Hulu Ngalawok”
  • Korean: “남동파푸아주”
  • Korean: “남서파푸아주”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidrietumu Papua”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietvakarių Papua”
  • Malay: “Papua Barat Daya”
  • Mazanderani: “جنوب‌غربی پاپوآ”
  • Minangkabau: “Papua Barat Daya”
  • Northern Frisian: “Papua Barat Daya”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Província de Papoa del Sud-oèst”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Província de Papoa del Sudoèst”
  • Polish: “Papua Południowo-Zachodnia”
  • Romanian: “Papua Barat Daya”
  • Romanian: “Papua de Sud-Vest”
  • Russian: “Юго-Западное Папуа”
  • Sinhala: “නිරිතදිග පැපුවා පළාත, ඉන්දුනීසියාව”
  • Slovenian: “Jugozahodna Papua”
  • Slovenian: “Papua Barat Daya”
  • Spanish: “Papúa Suroccidental”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Papúa Suroccidental”
  • Tamil: “தென்மேற்கு பப்புவா”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк-Көнбатыш Папуа”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดปาปัวตะวันตกเฉียงใต้”
  • Ukrainian: “Південно-Західне Папуа”
  • Urdu: “جنوب مغربی پاپوا”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Nam Papua”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبا لما لہندا پاپوا”
  • “Papua Barat Daya”
  • “Papua Kidul-Kulon”

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