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West 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 islands.
Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, [5] 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). [6]
Papua Province Province of Indonesia: Indonesian: Papua: Jayapura: 1,020,190 [32] 81,049.30 km 2 (31,293 sq mi) Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Group of Islands British overseas territory: English: Pitcairn Islands — Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen: Adamstown [22] [24] 48 [30] 47 km 2 (18 sq mi) South Papua South ...
Biak Numfor Regency, Papua: One of the Mapia Islands, uninhabited, bordering Palau, situated at 280 km from Biak Numfor at : c. 0.1 Bras: Biak Numfor Regency, Papua: One of the Mapia Islands, uninhabited, bordering Palau, situated at 280 km from Biak Numfor, c. 50,000 inhabitants. c. 3.375
This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water, and by other classifications. For rank-order lists, see the other lists of islands below. Lists of islands by country or location
Indonesia is the world's largest island country by area (1,904,569 km 2), and by total number of islands (17,504 islands). [4] It is also the world's most populous island country, with a population of over 270 million (the fourth most populous country in the world, after India, China, and the United States).
This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population, which includes all islands with more than 100,000 people. For comparison, continental landmasses are also shown, in italics. The population of the world's islands is over 730 million, approximately 9% of the world's total population.
This list of Indonesian islands by area includes all Indonesian islands over 500 km 2 in descending order by area. ... (Western New Guinea) and Papua New Guinea: Borneo: