Western New Guinea - Wikipedia
WEBWestern New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, [3] is the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly Dutch and granted to Indonesia in 1962. Given the island is alternatively named Papua, the region is also called West Papua (Indonesian: Papua Barat). [4]
West Papua (province) - Wikipedia
WEBWest Papua (Indonesian: Papua Barat), formerly Irian Jaya Barat (West Irian), is an Indonesian province located in Indonesia Papua. It covers most of the two western peninsulas of the island of New Guinea : the eastern half of the Bird's Head Peninsula (or Doberai Peninsula) and the whole of the Bomberai Peninsula , along with nearby smaller ...
Papua conflict - Wikipedia
WEBThe Papua conflict (Indonesian: Konflik Papua) is an ongoing conflict in Western New Guinea (Papua) between Indonesia and the Free Papua Movement (Indonesian: Organisasi Papua Merdeka, OPM).
West Papua | Indonesian Province, History & Culture | Britannica
WEBSep 22, 2024 · West Papua, propinsi (or provinsi; province) of Indonesia, including the Bomberai and Doberai (Vogelkop) peninsulas on the western end of the island of New Guinea and, to the west, the Raja Ampat Islands—most notably Salawati, Waigeo, Batanta, and …
Understanding West Papua Province - Indopacificimages
WEBLike its neighbor Papua New Guinea, West Papua is a wild and adventurous place. Particularly so in the mountainous regions of Papua Province. Were the people of the Baliem Valley were only sighted for the first time in 1938 by the American explorer Richard Archbold as he flew over the area.
New Guinea | History, People, Map, & Facts | Britannica
WEBSep 28, 2024 · New Guinea, island of the eastern Malay Archipelago, in the western Pacific Ocean, north of Australia. New Guinea’s western half comprises the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua, and its eastern half comprises the major part of Papua New Guinea, an independent country since 1975.
‘Free Papua Movement’ Intensifies Amid Escalating Violence
WEBDec 12, 2020 · Home to about four million people, it takes up the western half of New Guinea — the world’s second-biggest island after Greenland — and is split into two large provinces, confusingly named...
Geography, people, and animals of West Papua | Britannica
WEBWest Papua, Indonesian Papua Barat formerly West Irian Jaya, Province, Indonesia. Area: 37,461 sq mi (97,024 sq km). Pop. (2020): 1,134,068. Capital: Manokwari. West Papua includes the Bomberai and Doberai (Vogelkop) peninsulas on the western end of New Guinea and, to the west, the Raja Ampat Islands.
What’s the difference between West Papua and Papua New Guinea?
WEBPapua New Guinea holds a population of roughly 8.6 million as of 2018, meanwhile West Papua has around 963,000. It is quite likely that this serves as at least part of the reason for the comparative lack of interest in West Papuan …
West Papua, Indonesia Fights for Racial Justice and Independence - TIME
WEBDec 15, 2020 · For many people in West Papua—which sits on the western half of the island of New Guinea, about 1,900 miles east of the capital Jakarta—the struggle goes beyond racial equality. The former...