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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 |
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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. |
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| Papua (preferred,C,V,English)
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............ | from 2002 |
| Papua (Indonesian)
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| Provinsi Papua (C,V,O,Indonesian-P)
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| Papua Barat (C,V)
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| West Irian (C,O)
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| West New Guinea (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Irian Jaya (West Papua) (C,U,English)
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| איריאן ג'איה (פפואה המערבית) (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Daerah Tingkat I Irian Barat (C,U)
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| ID36 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Irian (C,U)
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| Nederlandsch Nieuw-Guinee (C,U)
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| Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea (C,U)
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| Netherland New Guinea (C,U)
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| Nieuw-Guinea (C,U)
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| Nieuw-Guinee (C,U)
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| Propinsi Irian Barat (C,U)
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| Propinsi Irian Jaya (C,U)
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| Tanah Papua (C,U)
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| Special Region of Papua (C,U,English)
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| Dutch New Guinea (H,O)
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| Irian Barat (H,V)
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............ | until 1969 |
| Irian Jaya (H,V)
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............ | 1973-2001 |
| Netherlands New Guinea (H,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| province (preferred, C) |
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transferred to Indonesia 1963 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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part of Dutch East Indies, until 1963 |
| dependency (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Jayapura .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Indonesia, West New Guinea) [7001655] |
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