West Papua

E123085
Melanesian region cultural region geographical region

West Papua is a culturally Melanesian region in the western half of New Guinea, administered by Indonesia and known for its rich indigenous traditions and biodiversity.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Western New Guinea 9
West Papua canonical 8
western New Guinea 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Melanesian region ⓘ
cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
administeredBy Indonesia ⓘ
borders Arafura Sea ⓘ
Banda Sea ⓘ
Ceram Sea ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
climate equatorial ⓘ
tropical ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
hasCulturalIdentity Melanesian ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice body painting ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
hasEcosystem coral reefs ⓘ
mangrove forests ⓘ
montane forests ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Amungme people ⓘ
Asmat people ⓘ
Biak people ⓘ
Dani people ⓘ
hasFauna birds-of-paradise ⓘ
cassowaries ⓘ
tree kangaroos ⓘ
hasFlora mangroves ⓘ
orchids ⓘ
tropical hardwoods ⓘ
hasIndigenousPeople Melanesians ⓘ
surface form: Melanesian peoples

Papuan peoples ⓘ
surface form: Papuans
knownFor coral reef ecosystems ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
rich indigenous traditions ⓘ
tropical rainforests ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
Trans–New Guinea languages ⓘ
surface form: Papuan languages
locatedIn western half of New Guinea ⓘ
naturalResource copper ⓘ
gold ⓘ
minerals ⓘ
timber ⓘ
partOf Indonesian archipelago ⓘ
Melanesia ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
indigenous belief systems ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Melanesia → hasPart → West Papua ⓘ
New Guinea → westernHalfKnownAs → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western New Guinea
Indonesian archipelago → hasSubregion → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western New Guinea
Megapodius freycinet → nativeTo → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Papua region
Bird’s Head Plate → locatedInRegion → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: western New Guinea
Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration → borderedBy → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch New Guinea
Melanesians → majorPopulationIn → West Papua ⓘ
Melanesians → majorPopulationIn → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papua province of Indonesia
United Liberation Movement for West Papua → country → West Papua ⓘ
eastern Indonesia → hasPart → West Papua ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Indonesia
this entity surface form: West Papua region
Indonesia Standard Time system → coversRegion → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western New Guinea
Trans–New Guinea languages → spokenIn → West Papua ⓘ
Central Range → extendsAcross → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: western New Guinea
Central Cordillera → extendsAcross → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: western New Guinea
birds-of-paradise → nativeTo → West Papua ⓘ
Papuan Malay → spokenIn → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Papua Province
Papuan peoples → primaryRegion → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western New Guinea
Territory of New Guinea → borderedBy → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch New Guinea
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages → spokenIn → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: western New Guinea
Paradisaeidae → nativeRange → West Papua ⓘ
Baliem Valley region of New Guinea → locatedIn → West Papua ⓘ
subject surface form: Baliem Valley
this entity surface form: Western New Guinea
Papua conflict → locatedIn → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Papua Province
dusky scrubfowl → nativeTo → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Papua region
Malesia → hasPart → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western New Guinea
Papuan Islands → locatedIn → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western New Guinea
Papuan Islands → locatedInAdministrativeRegion → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Papua Province
John Moresby → explored → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papua region
Bird’s Head Peninsula → locatedIn → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western New Guinea
Bird’s Head Peninsula → partOf → West Papua ⓘ
Vogelkop Peninsula → locatedIn → West Papua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western New Guinea
Vogelkop Peninsula → region → West Papua ⓘ