NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Papua

Another name for New Guinea
Papua (Australian territory): A former Australian territory comprising the southeastern quarter of the island of New Guinea, now the southern part of Papua New Guinea
Papua (Indonesian province): An Indonesian province comprising the western half of the island of New Guinea

Related Words

Papuan: adj of or pertaining to New Guinea or to the region of Papua
Papuan: n 1. member of race native to New Guinea, 2. any indigenous languages or dialects spoken in New Guinea region that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages. See also Papuan languages.
Papuars: obsolete n. plural of Papuan person. Any native race, with very dark complexion, of Papua or New Guinea and its adjacent islands.

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PapuaWeb: Informasi Papua, Indonesia (Irian Jaya, West Papua) (120 words)
	PapuaWeb adalah jaringan informasi untuk kalangan peneliti, konsultan, pemimpin rakyat, kalangan pemerintah, dll yang menaruh perhatian pada Papua, Indonesia.
	Universitas Papua, Unversitas Cenderawasih dan Australian National University sebagai pengelola Papuaweb, menerima kontribusi dalam bentuk hasil-hasil penelitian untuk mengembangkan situs ini.
	The University of Papua, Cenderawasih University and the Australian National University, the project hosts, welcome contributions of research materials to enhance the resources of this website

BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Indonesia flashpoints: Papua (466 words)
	Papua, formerly known as Irian Jaya, has been dogged by secessionist violence ever since Dutch colonial rule formally ended in 1962.
	The Dutch colonised Papua in 1828, but unlike the rest of Indonesia, they did not relinquish control of the province until the 1960s.
	When the Dutch left, they handed Papua over to the United Nations and then to Jakarta, in a transfer agreement which stipulated that Papuans would be able to decide within six years whether to accept incorporation into Indonesia.

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