Papua

Papua, also known as Western New Guinea and formerly Irian Jaya, is the easternmost part of . It comprises the western half of the island of , the world's largest and highest tropical island, while the eastern half is the independent country of .
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is the capital and largest city in Papua, with a population of 315,000 people in 2014. The city has also been known in the past as Hollandia, Kota Baru and even Sukarnopura.

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is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwestern and central Papua province of , which is located on the western half of the island of .

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is a city of 107,000 people in Papua. is the capital city of West Papua province, and a hub city.

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is the largest city of Southwest Papua province, on the western tip of the bird's head peninsula in Papua, .

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is a group of islands on the western tip of Papua in , famous for its diving experience. Most of the world's coral reefs biodiversity and rare species of marine life can easily be found in an archipelago about the size of .

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is a city in Papua and is the capital city of South Papua. has become a gateway to Wasur National Park.

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is a town in Papua. It is the capital of Highland Papua province. It is a gateway to go to the .

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is a national park in South Papua province in . It includes largest wetland in South Papua province, and has been one of the least disturbed by human activity.

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The is a region in central Papua. Surrounded by mountains as high as 3,000 meters and practically isolated from much of the island, this valley hosts some of the traditional cultures of Papua.

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is a town of 19,000 people in Papua. There are 1.5 km of white sand beaches about half an hour from the town and also rock paintings nearby.

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The is a regency of southwest Papua province of , located on the western half of the island of . The term refers both to the people and the region they inhabit.

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is the largest city in Central Papua province in Papua, with 142,000 residents in 2020. It has become a gateway to one of the largest gold mines on the planet, the Grasberg mine.

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is the main city on the island of , off the northwest coast of Papua, . The largest population centre of island is in this city, meanwhile the rest of the island is thinly populated with small villages.

Papua

Latitude of center
-4.3° or 4° 18′ south
Longitude of center
136.4° or 136° 24′ east
Wiki­data ID
Q3845
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Papua” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “New Guinea”
  • Arabic: “غرب غينيا الجديدة”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան Իրիան”
  • Asturian: “Nueva Guinea Occidental”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qərbi Yeni Qvineya”
  • Balinese: “Papua (wewidangan Indonésia)”
  • Balinese: “Papua”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Papua”
  • Bengali: “পশ্চিম পাপুয়া”
  • Bosnian: “Zapadna Nova Gvineja”
  • Breton: “Papoua ar C’hornaoueg”
  • Bulgarian: “Западна Нова Гвинея”
  • Catalan: “Irian Occidental”
  • Catalan: “Papua Occidental”
  • Chinese: “Sai New Guinea”
  • Chinese: “西巴布亚”
  • Chinese: “西新几内亚”
  • Chinese: “西新畿內亞”
  • Czech: “Západní Nová Guinea”
  • Danish: “West Papua”
  • Dutch: “Irian Barat”
  • Dutch: “Irian Jaya”
  • Dutch: “Papoea”
  • Dutch: “Westelijk Nieuw-Guinea”
  • Dutch: “Westelijk Papua”
  • Dzongkha: “ནུབ་པ་པུ་ཝ། ས་གནས།”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Nov-Gvineo”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Uusi-Guinea”
  • French: “Nouvelle-Guinée hollandaise”
  • French: “Nouvelle-Guinée occidentale”
  • French: “Papouasie”
  • Georgian: “დასავლეთი ახალი გვინეა”
  • German: “Westneuguinea”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Νέα Γουινέα”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Παπούα”
  • Greek: “Πάπουα”
  • Gujarati: “વેસ્ટ પપુઆ”
  • Hebrew: “מערב גינאה החדשה”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिम पापुआ”
  • Hungarian: “Nyugat-Új-Guinea”
  • Icelandic: “Vestur-Nýja-Gínea”
  • Iloko: “Akinlaud a Baro a Guinea”
  • Indonesian: “Irian Barat”
  • Indonesian: “Irian Jaya”
  • Indonesian: “Papua”
  • Italian: “Nuova Guinea Occidentale”
  • Japanese: “イリアンジャヤ”
  • Japanese: “ニューギニア”
  • Kannada: “ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಪಪುವಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Батыс Ириан”
  • Korean: “서뉴기니”
  • Korean: “서파푸아”
  • Latvian: “Rietumjaungvineja”
  • Latvian: “Rietumpapua”
  • Latvian: “Rietumu Jaungvineja”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Naujoji Gvinėja”
  • Lombard: “Papua”
  • Macedonian: “Западна Нова Гвинеја”
  • Madurese: “Papua (Wilayah Indonesia)”
  • Madurese: “Papua”
  • Malagasy: “Ginea-Vaovao Andrefana”
  • Malay: “West Papua”
  • Malayalam: “വെസ്റ്റേൺ ന്യൂ ഗിനിയ”
  • Marathi: “वेस्ट पापुआ”
  • Mazanderani: “غربی نو گینه”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai New Guinea”
  • Minangkabau: “Papua (wilayah Indonesia)”
  • Minangkabau: “Papua”
  • Mongolian: “Папуа-Шинэ Гвиней”
  • Northern Luri: “پاپوآ افتونشین”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Irian Jaya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vest-Papua”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestpapua”
  • Norwegian: “Vest-Papua”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Nòva Guinèa Occidentala”
  • Pampanga: “Albugang New Guinea”
  • Pampanga: “Western New Guinea”
  • Persian: “پاپوآی غربی”
  • Persian: “گینه نوی غربی”
  • Piemontese: “Papua”
  • Polish: “Irian Zachodni”
  • Polish: “Nowa Gwinea Zachodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Nova Guiné Ocidental”
  • Quechua: “Kunti Papwa”
  • Romanian: “Noua Guinee Occidentală”
  • Russian: “Западная Новая Гвинея”
  • Russian: “Западный Ириан”
  • Russian: “Ириан-Джая”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gini-Nuadh an Iar”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zapadna Nova Gvineja”
  • Sinhala: “බටහිර පැපුවා”
  • Slovenian: “Zahodna Nova Gvineja”
  • Spanish: “Nueva Guinea Occidental”
  • Swahili: “Guinea Mpya ya Kiholanzi”
  • Swedish: “Västpapua”
  • Swiss German: “Wescht-Neiginea”
  • Swiss German: “West-Neuguinea”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு நியூ கினி”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு பாபுஆ”
  • Telugu: “పశ్చిమ పాపువా”
  • Thai: “นิวกินีตะวันตก”
  • Tok Pisin: “Wes Papua”
  • Tosk Albanian: “West-Neuguinea”
  • Turkish: “Batı Papua”
  • Ukrainian: “Західна Нова Гвінея”
  • Urdu: “مغربی پاپوا (ریجن)”
  • Urdu: “مغربی پاپوا”
  • Uzbek: “Gʻarbiy Yangi Gvineya”
  • Venetian: “Nova Guinea Osidentałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây New Guinea”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Papua”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Katundan nga Bag-o nga Guinea”
  • Western Panjabi: “لہندا نیو گنی”
  • Wu Chinese: “西巴布亞”
  • Yue Chinese: “西新畿內亞”
  • “ma Papuwa”
  • “Papua”

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