South Papua Province

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South Papua Province is an administrative region in the southern part of Indonesian Papua, known for its diverse indigenous communities, rich rainforest and coastal ecosystems, and use of Papuan Malay as a lingua franca.

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instanceOf province of Indonesia
borders Arafura Sea NERFINISHED
Central Papua Province NERFINISHED
Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED
Papua Province NERFINISHED
capital Merauke NERFINISHED
climate tropical
coastalFeature estuaries and river deltas
country Indonesia
ecosystemType coastal ecosystems
mangrove forests
tropical rainforest
wetlands
ethnolinguisticDiversity high
governanceLevel first-level administrative division of Indonesia
governedAs Indonesian province-level administrative region
hasBiodiversity rich rainforest flora and fauna
hasCoastlineOn Arafura Sea NERFINISHED
hasCulturalFeature strong indigenous customary land systems
use of Papuan Malay as interethnic language
hasEthnicLanguageFamily Austronesian languages NERFINISHED
hasEthnicLanguageFamily Trans–New Guinea languages NERFINISHED
hasIndigenousCommunities Asmat-related groups
Auyu people NERFINISHED
Kombai-related groups
Marind people NERFINISHED
Muyu people NERFINISHED
hasMajorEconomicActivity fishing
forestry
subsistence agriculture
hasMajorHabitat lowland rainforest
savanna-like grasslands near Merauke
swamp forest
hasMajorTown Merauke NERFINISHED
hasTransportHub Mopah Airport in Merauke NERFINISHED
largestCity Merauke NERFINISHED
linguaFranca Papuan Malay NERFINISHED
locatedIn southern part of Indonesian Papua
locatedOn New Guinea island NERFINISHED
officialLanguage Indonesian
partOf Papua region of Indonesia NERFINISHED
Western New Guinea NERFINISHED
religionDiversity Christianity and Islam
timeZone Eastern Indonesia Time
usesScript Latin alphabet for official purposes
UTCOffset +09:00

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Papuan Malay spokenIn South Papua Province