Highland Papua
Highland Papua is a province of Indonesia, which roughly follows the borders of the Papuan customary region of Lano Pago. It covers an area of 52,505.66 km2 and had a population of 1,484,870 according to the official estimates as at mid 2025, and increasing by about 17,000 residents per year.
- Province of Indonesia with about 1,480,000 residents
- Also known as“Highland Papua Province”“Highlands Papua”“Papua Highlands”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wamena Airport.
Wamena Airport
Aerodrome
Wamena Airport is a domestic airport serving the town…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wamena and Baliem Valley.
Highland Papua
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Latitude
-4.1017° or 4° 6′ 6″ south
Longitude
138.9437° or 138° 56′ 37″ east
Open location code
6Q7WVWXV+8F
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Highland Papua” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ፓፑዋ ፍ/ቤት”
- Arabic: “بابوا الجبلية”
- Azerbaijani: “Dağlıq Papua”
- Balinese: “Papua Pegunungan”
- Batak Toba: “Papua Dolok”
- Bengali: “উচ্চভূমি পাপুয়া”
- Betawi: “Papua Pegunungan”
- Chinese: “山地巴布亚省”
- Chinese: “巴布亚高地省”
- Chinese: “高地巴布亚省”
- Chinese: “高地巴布亞省”
- Czech: “Horská Papua”
- Esperanto: “Altaĵa Papuio”
- Finnish: “Ylänkö-Papua”
- French: “Papouasie des Hautes Terres”
- Georgian: “პაპუა-პეგუნუნგანი”
- German: “Hochland von Papua”
- German: “Hochland-Papua”
- German: “Papua Pegunungan”
- German: “Provinz Papua Pegunungan”
- Gorontalo: “Papua Pegunungan”
- Hausa: “Highland Papua”
- Hebrew: “רמת פפואה”
- Indonesian: “papeg”
- Indonesian: “Papua Pegunungan”
- Indonesian: “Prov. Papua Pegunungan”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Papua Pegunungan”
- Irish: “Papua Ardchríche”
- Italian: “Papua Pegunungan”
- Japanese: “山岳パプア州”
- Japanese: “高地パプア州”
- Javanese: “Highland Papua”
- Javanese: “Papua Pagunungan”
- Javanese: “Papua Pegunungan”
- Javanese: “Papuah Pagunungan”
- Kazakh: “Highland Papua”
- Kirghiz: “Highland Papua”
- Komering: “Papua Pagunungan”
- Komering: “Papua Pegunungan”
- Korean: “파푸아고원주”
- Latvian: “Kalnienes Papua”
- Lithuanian: “Aukštumų Papua”
- Macedonian: “Планинска Папуа”
- Madurese: “Papua Ghunong”
- Malay: “Papua Pegunungan”
- Mazanderani: “یلاقی پاپوآ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ko-tē Papua Séng”
- Minangkabau: “Papua Pegunungan”
- Northern Frisian: “Papua Pegunungan”
- Oromo: “Highland Papua”
- Panjabi: “ਪਰਬਤੀ ਪਾਪੁਆ”
- Persian: “پاپوا کوهستانی”
- Persian: “پاپوای کوهستانی”
- Polish: “Papua Górska”
- Portuguese: “Alta Papua”
- Portuguese: “Papuásia das Terras Altas”
- Pushto: “کوهستاني پاپوا”
- Romanian: “Papua Muntoasă”
- Russian: “Папуа Пегунунган (провинция Индонезии)”
- Russian: “Папуа-Пегунунган”
- Sinhala: “හයිලන්ඩ් පැපුවා පළාත, ඉන්දුනීසියාව”
- Slovenian: “Višavska Papua”
- Somali: “Highland Papua”
- Spanish: “La Pago”
- Spanish: “Lano-Pago”
- Spanish: “Papúa de las Tierras Altas”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Alta Papúa”
- Sundanese: “Papua Pagunungan”
- Sundanese: “Prop. Papua Pagunungan”
- Sundanese: “Propinsi Papua Pagunungan”
- Swahili: “Papua ya Milima”
- Tajik: “Папуаи Қуллаи”
- Tamil: “மேல்நில நியூ கினி”
- Tamil: “மேல்நில பப்புவா மாநிலம்”
- Tamil: “மேல்நில பப்புவா”
- Tatar: “Highland Papua”
- Tatar: “Папуа Пегунунган”
- Thai: “จังหวัดปาปัวที่สูง”
- Ukrainian: “Високогірне Папуа”
- Urdu: “سطح مرتفع پاپوا”
- Uzbek: “Highland Papua”
- Vietnamese: “Papua Cao nguyên”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبا پہاڑی پاپوا”
- “ma Papuwa nena”
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