Province of Papua

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The Province of Papua is a large, resource-rich and sparsely populated region on the western half of New Guinea Island, known for its indigenous Papuan cultures and ongoing political and autonomy issues within Indonesia.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Papua province 1
Papua region 1
Province of Papua canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf first-level administrative division
province of Indonesia
border Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED
Province of Central Papua NERFINISHED
Province of Highland Papua NERFINISHED
Province of South Papua NERFINISHED
Province of West Papua NERFINISHED
capital Jayapura NERFINISHED
characteristic culturally diverse
resource-rich
sparsely populated
commonLanguages Austronesian languages
Papuan languages
continent Asia
country Indonesia
currency Indonesian rupiah NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Melanesians NERFINISHED
indigenous Papuans
formerColonialPower Netherlands NERFINISHED
formerName Irian Jaya NERFINISHED
hasAutonomyStatus Special Autonomy within Indonesia
hasCoastlineOn Cenderawasih Bay NERFINISHED
Pacific Ocean
joinedCountryBy integration into Indonesia after the New York Agreement
knownFor indigenous Papuan cultures
mountainous terrain
political and autonomy issues within Indonesia
tropical rainforests
largestCity Jayapura NERFINISHED
locatedIn Australasia NERFINISHED
Melanesia
western half of New Guinea Island
majorCity Biak NERFINISHED
Merauke NERFINISHED
Timika NERFINISHED
officialLanguage Indonesian
partOf Island of New Guinea NERFINISHED
Papua region (Indonesian New Guinea) NERFINISHED
region Eastern Indonesia NERFINISHED
Papua region of Indonesia NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
Islam
resource copper
fisheries
gold
natural gas
timber
timeZone Eastern Indonesia Time
UTC+09:00

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

Government of Indonesia hasSubdivision Province of Papua
eastern Indonesia hasPart Province of Papua
subject surface form: Eastern Indonesia
this entity surface form: Papua region
Trans–New Guinea languages spokenIn Province of Papua
this entity surface form: Papua province
Boven Digoel presentDayJurisdiction Province of Papua
this entity surface form: Province of Papua, Indonesia