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ID: 7003970
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7003970

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of West New Guinea (province)  West New Guinea (province)

Coordinates:
Lat: 04 45 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -4.7500  decimal degrees
Long: 138 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 138.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Province of Indonesia comprising western half of island of New Guinea and islands off the north and northwest coasts; claimed by the Dutch as part of the Dutch East Indies in 1828 and remained under Dutch sovereignty after Indonesia gained independence in 1949; in 1963 the province was transferred to Indonesia under U.N. negotiations.

Names:
Papua (preferred,C,V,English)  ............ from 2002
Papua (Indonesian)
Provinsi Papua (C,V,O,Indonesian-P)
Papua Barat (C,V)
West Irian (C,O)
West New Guinea (C,O,English-P,U,N)
Irian Jaya (West Papua) (C,U,English)
איריאן ג'איה (פפואה המערבית) (C,U,Hebrew )
Daerah Tingkat I Irian Barat (C,U)
ID36 (C,U,FIPS)
Irian (C,U)
Nederlandsch Nieuw-Guinee (C,U)
Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea (C,U)
Netherland New Guinea (C,U)
Nieuw-Guinea (C,U)
Nieuw-Guinee (C,U)
Propinsi Irian Barat (C,U)
Propinsi Irian Jaya (C,U)
Tanah Papua (C,U)
Special Region of Papua (C,U,English)
Dutch New Guinea (H,O)
Irian Barat (H,V)  ............ until 1969
Irian Jaya (H,V)  ............ 1973-2001
Netherlands New Guinea (H,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Indonesia (nation)  ........  Indonesia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of West New Guinea (province)  ............  West New Guinea (province) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of New Guinea (island)  ........  New Guinea (island) (P)
Hierarchy of West New Guinea (province)  ............  West New Guinea (province)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Dutch East Indies (former territory/colony/dependent state)  ........  Dutch East Indies (former territory/colony/dependent state) (P)
Hierarchy of West New Guinea (province)  ............  West New Guinea (province) (P)

Place Types:
province (preferred, C)  ............  transferred to Indonesia 1963
first level subdivision (C)
former territory/colony/dependent state (C)  ............  part of Dutch East Indies, until 1963
dependency (H)

Related geographic places:
capital is ....  Jayapura .......... (inhabited place)
..................  (World, Asia, Indonesia, West New Guinea) [7001655]

Sources and Contributors:
איריאן ג'איה (פפואה המערבית)..........  [IMJ]
...............................................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Daerah Tingkat I Irian Barat..........  [VP]
...............................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
...............................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
Dutch New Guinea..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 549
ID36..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Irian..........  [VP]
..............  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
Irian Barat..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 13 July 2010
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 549
Irian Jaya..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 13 July 2010
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) Plate 15
.......................  Times Atlas of World History (1989) 345
Irian Jaya (West Papua)..........  [IMJ Preferred]
.........................................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Nederlandsch Nieuw-Guinee..........  [VP]
............................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
............................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea..........  [VP]
.........................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
.........................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
Netherland New Guinea..........  [VP]
......................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
......................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
Netherlands New Guinea..........  [VP]
.........................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
.........................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
.........................................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 549
Nieuw-Guinea..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
Nieuw-Guinee..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
Papua..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 13 July 2010
..............  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
..............  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 13 July 2010
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
..............  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) In "Lorentz National Park"; accessed 13 July 2010
Papua Barat..........  [VP]
.......................  Library of Congress Subject Headings (2002-) 2009033816, accessed 13 July 2010
Propinsi Irian Barat..........  [VP]
...................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
Propinsi Irian Jaya..........  [VP]
...................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
Provinsi Papua..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 25 September 2014
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
Special Region of Papua..........  [VP]
.........................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
Tanah Papua..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
West Irian..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 214
.......................  Times Atlas of World History (1989) 358
West New Guinea..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1331
Subject: .....  [IMJ, VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 13 July 2010
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1643012
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 25 September 2014
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2679537
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 214; Plate 15
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1989) 345; 358
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 549
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1331
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_%28province%29
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 13 July 2010

 

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