Central Papua Province

Central Papua, officially the Central Papua Province, is an Indonesian province located in the central region of . It was formally established on 25 July 2022 from the former eight western regencies of the province of .
  • Type: province of Indonesia with 1,410,000 residents
  • Description: province of Indonesia
  • Also known as: Central Papua

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nabire Airport.

Aerodrome
Douw Aturure Airport is a domestic airport in Wanggar District, , Central Papua, . The airport began operations in 2023, replacing the old in Nabire District, which was located just a few hundred meters from the city center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nabire.

Town
Photo: Azmi1995, CC0.
, also known as the District of , is a town in the province of Central Papua, at the western end of . The town is the administrative seat of the . It is served by .

Central Papua Province

Latitude
-3.3637° or 3° 21′ 49″ south
Longitude
135.5123° or 135° 30′ 44″ east
Population
1,410,000
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
6Q8QJGP6+GW
Geo­Names ID
12503511
Wiki­data ID
Q12486766
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Central Papua Province” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: ማዕከላዊ ፓፑዋ
  • Arabic: بابوا الوسطى
  • Azerbaijani: Mərkəzi Papua
  • Balinese: Papua Tengah
  • Batak Toba: Papua Tonga
  • Bengali: কেন্দ্রীয় পাপুয়া
  • Betawi: Papua Tenga
  • Chinese: 中巴布亚省
  • Chinese: 中巴布亞省
  • Czech: Střední Papua
  • Esperanto: Centra Papuio
  • Finnish: Keski-Papua
  • French: Papouasie centrale
  • French: Papua Tengah
  • Georgian: ცენტრალური პაპუა
  • German: Papua Tengah
  • German: Westpapuaprovinz
  • German: Zentralpapua
  • Gorontalo: Papua Tengah
  • Hausa: Central Papua
  • Hebrew: מרכז פפואה
  • Indonesian: papteng
  • Indonesian: Papua Tengah
  • Indonesian: Prov. Papua Tengah
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Papua Tengah
  • Irish: Papua Láir
  • Italian: Papua centrale
  • Japanese: 中部パプア州
  • Javanese: Central Papua
  • Javanese: Papua Tengah
  • Javanese: Papuah Tengah
  • Kazakh: Central Papua
  • Kirghiz: Central Papua
  • Komering: Papua Tengah
  • Komering: Papua Tongah
  • Korean: 중앙파푸아주
  • Latvian: Centrālā Papua
  • Lithuanian: Centrinė Papua
  • Madurese: Papua Tengnga
  • Malay: Papua Tengah
  • Malay: ڤاڤوا تڠه
  • Mazanderani: میونی پاپوآ
  • Minangkabau: Papua Tengah
  • Northern Frisian: Papua Tengah
  • Oromo: Central Papua
  • Panjabi: ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਪਾਪੁਆ
  • Persian: پاپوا مرکزی
  • Polish: Papua Środkowa
  • Portuguese: Papua Central
  • Portuguese: Papuásia Central
  • Pushto: مرکزي پاپوا
  • Russian: Центральное Папуа (провинция Индонезии)
  • Russian: Центральное Папуа
  • Sinhala: මධ්‍යම පැපුවා පළාත, ඉන්දුනීසියාව
  • Slovenian: Centralna Papua
  • Somali: Central Papua
  • Spanish: Papúa Central
  • Spanish: Provincia de Papúa Central
  • Swahili: Papua Kati
  • Tajik: Папуаи Марказӣ
  • Tamil: மத்திய பப்புவா
  • Tatar: Central Papua
  • Tatar: Үзәк Папуа
  • Thai: จังหวัดปาปัวกลาง
  • Turkish: Orta Papua
  • Ukrainian: Центральне Папуа
  • Urdu: وسطی پاپوا
  • Uzbek: Central Papua
  • Vietnamese: Trung Papua
  • Western Panjabi: صوبا گبھلا پاپوا
  • Papua Tengah

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