island is alternatively named Papua, the region is also called West Papua (Indonesian: Papua Barat). Lying to the west of Papua New Guinea and geographically...

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea...

officially the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (Tok Pisin: Otonomos Region bilong Bogenvil), is an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea. The largest...

indigenous inhabitants. In a 2007 book, author De R. G. Crocombe wrote that an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 Papuans had been killed by Indonesian security forces...

sailor, called the Papua region as "Os Papuas" or llha de Papo. Don Jorge de Menetes, a sailor from Spain also stopped by in Papua a few years later (1526–1527)...

west. It roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Tabi Saireri. It is bordered by nation of Papua New Guinea to the east, the Pacific Ocean...

Highland Papua (Indonesian: Papua Pegunungan) is a province of Indonesia, which roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Lano-Pago, shortened...

1526–27, Don Jorge de Meneses came upon the principal island, which the locals called "Papua". In 1545, the Spaniard Íñigo Ortiz de Retez gave the island...

indigenous peoples of Western New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, commonly called Papuans, are Melanesians. There is genetic evidence for two major...

Central Papua, officially the Central Papua Province (Indonesian: Provinsi Papua Tengah) is an Indonesian province located in the central region of Western...

Spice Islands, they also used the name Papua. However, Westerners, beginning with Spanish explorer Yñigo Ortiz de Retez in 1545, used the name New Guinea...

Sulawesi Southeast Sulawesi Maluku Southwest Papua West Papua Central Papua Papua Highland Papua South Papua Click on a province name to go to its main...

de Setiembre de 1983. Perú y Papúa Nueva Guinea han decidido establecer relaciones diplomáticas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 July 2023. "Papua New...

The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia...

Religion in Papua New Guinea is dominated by various branches of Christianity, with traditional animism and ancestor worship often occurring less openly...

families of Papuan languages. There are several creoles of the region, such as Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu, Solomon Islands Pijin, Bislama, and Papuan Malay. The...

the Portuguese explorer Jorge de Menezes accidentally came upon the principal island and is credited with naming it "Papua", after a Malay word for the...

Pastel de nata (Portuguese: [pɐʃˈtɛl dɨ ˈnatɐ]; pl.: pastéis de nata; Portuguese: [pɐʃˈtɐjʒ ðɨ-]) is a Portuguese egg custard tart pastry, optionally dusted...

the flag represents the Republic of West Papua, a proposed country consisting of the Western New Guinea region, which is currently administered as part...

Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2022-02-02. "Papua New Guinea: Provinces, Cities & Urban Localities - Population...

Archipelago. It has coastlines in districts of the Islands Region, Momase Region, and Papua Region. Like the Bismarck Archipelago, it is named in honour of...

Office of Papua New Guinea". Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2015. Vega, Chito de la (30 November 2018). "Papua New Guinea's...

Pisin: Bogenvil) is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea. Its land area is 9,300 km2 (3,600 sq mi)...

of Svalbard the mainland part of Papua New Guinea, as opposed to the Islands Region or to any other islands of Papua New Guinea Mainland Portugal, as...

Survey. "Un terremoto de magnitud 7 sacude la región peruana de Arequipa" [A magnitude 7 earthquake shakes the Peruvian region of Arequipa]. El Confidencial...

The Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) is a national police force with jurisdiction throughout Papua New Guinea. The RPNGC was formed from two...

rural, as only 18 percent of its people live in urban centres. West Papua, a region in Indonesia, is home to an estimated 44 uncontacted tribal groups...

but not outright secession. De facto autonomous government: for governments with de facto autonomous control over a region. Government-in-exile: for a...

The geography of Papua New Guinea describes the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, the islands of New Ireland, New Britain and Bougainville, and...

Lists of mammals by region cover mammals found in different parts of the world. They are organized by continent, region, and country, and in some places...