Papua
Papua, also known as Western New Guinea and formerly Irian Jaya, is the easternmost part of Indonesia. It comprises the western half of the island of New Guinea, the world's largest and highest tropical island, while the eastern half is the independent country of Papua New Guinea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Jayapura and Lorentz National Park.
Jayapura
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Jayapura 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.
Lorentz National Park
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Lorentz National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwestern and central Papua province of Indonesia, which is located on the western half of the island of New Guinea.
Manokwari
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Manokwari is a city of 107,000 people in Papua. Manokwari is the capital city of West Papua province, and a hub city.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Sorong and Raja Ampat.
Sorong
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Sorong is the largest city of Southwest Papua province, on the western tip of the bird's head peninsula in Papua, Indonesia.
Raja Ampat
Raja Ampat is a group of islands on the western tip of Papua in Indonesia, 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 Switzerland.
Merauke
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Merauke is a city in Papua and is the capital city of South Papua. Merauke has become a gateway to Wasur National Park.
Wamena
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Wamena is a town in Papua. It is the capital of Highland Papua province. It is a gateway to go to the Baliem Valley.
Fakfak
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Fakfak 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.
Asmat
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The Asmat is a regency of southwest Papua province of Indonesia, located on the western half of the island of New Guinea. The term Asmat refers both to the Asmat people and the region they inhabit.
Timika
Timika 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.
Baliem Valley
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The Baliem Valley 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.
Biak
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Biak is the main city on the island of Biak, off the northwest coast of Papua, Indonesia. The largest population centre of Biak island is in this city, meanwhile the rest of the island is thinly populated with small villages.
Papua
- Type: human-geographic territorial entity
- Description: region of Eastern Indonesia on the island of New Guinea
- Also known as: “Irian Barat”, “Irian Jaya”, “Papua Barat”, “Provinsi Papua”, “West Irian”, “West New Guinea”, “West Papua”, and “Western New Guinea”
- Category: region
- Location: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
-4.3° or 4° 18′ southLongitude of center
136.4° or 136° 24′ eastWikidata ID
Q3845
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Satellite Map
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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”
- 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 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: “Rietumpapua”
- Lithuanian: “Vakarų Naujoji Gvinėja”
- Lombard: “Papua”
- Macedonian: “Западна Нова Гвинеја”
- 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”
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