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    Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly Dutch...
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    of Guinea. The eastern half of the island is the major land mass of the nation of Papua New Guinea. The western half, known as Western New Guinea, forms...
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    The Western New Guinea campaign was a series of actions in the New Guinea campaign of World War II. Dutch East Indies KNIL, United States and Australian...
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    Western Province is a coastal province in southwestern Papua New Guinea, bordering the Indonesian provinces of Highland Papua and South Papua. The provincial...
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    Dutch New Guinea or Netherlands New Guinea (Dutch: Nederlands-Nieuw-Guinea, Indonesian: Nugini Belanda) was the western half of the island of New Guinea that...
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    The New Guinea Highlands, also known as the Central Range or Central Cordillera, is a long chain of mountain ranges on the island of New Guinea, including...
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    The indigenous peoples of Western New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, commonly called Papuans, are Melanesians. There is genetic evidence for...
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  • history of Western New Guinea, particularly in 1949–1963. From 1950 to 1962, stamps were issued as the Nederlands Nieuw Guinea. Netherlands New Guinea came...
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    occupation in New Guinea. Japanese forces only occupied the northern region of present-day Papua New Guinea, but captured most of present-day Western Papua Japanese...
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    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...
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    Western Highlands is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Mount Hagen. The province covers an area of 4,299 km2, and there are 362...
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    Japan invaded the Territory of New Guinea on 23 January and Territory of Papua on 21 July and overran western New Guinea (part of the Netherlands East...
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  • The History of Western New Guinea refers to the history of the Indonesian western half of the island of New Guinea and other smaller islands to its west...
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    independence struggle, it retained control over its colony on the western half of New Guinea. The Indonesian government claimed this territory as well, on...
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    claiming Western New Guinea had no ethnic ties with the rest of the archipelago. Despite Dutch public opinion supporting transfer of Western New Guinea to Indonesia...
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    The New Guinea singing dog or New Guinea Highland dog (Canis lupus hallstromi) is an ancient (basal) lineage of dog found in the New Guinea Highlands...
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  • common human rights issues in Indonesia, namely the situation in Western New Guinea region, the treatment of religious, gender and sexual minorities,...
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    includes mainland Australia, Tasmania, the island of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and Western New Guinea), the Aru Islands, the Ashmore and Cartier Islands...
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  • The North New Guinea languages of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia form a possible linkage of Western Oceanic languages. They have been in heavy contact...
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    carrier. In 1960, she was involved in the decolonization conflict in Western New Guinea with Indonesia. In the mid 1960s, her role was changed to anti-submarine...
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    Trans–New Guinea (TNG) is an extensive family of Papuan languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and neighboring islands, a region corresponding to...
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    abolished. Western New Guinea officially became part of Indonesia through the Act of Free Choice in 1969, supervised by the UN. Based on the New York Agreement...
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    Solomon Islands, South Australia, Tasmania, Tonga, Victoria, Western Australia and Western New Guinea. Pidgin Hawaiian Pidgin Hawaiian Waamwang Zire Awabakal...
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  • Look up Guinea, guinea, Guinean, guinean, or Republic of Guinea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Guinea (Guinée, in French) or Guinea-Conakry is a republic...
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  • West Papua (redirect from Western Papua)
    free dictionary. West Papua may refer to: Western New Guinea, the western half of the island of New Guinea administered by Indonesia West Papua (province)...
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    The fauna of New Guinea comprises a large number of species of mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, invertebrates and amphibians. As the world's largest and...
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  • to: New Guinea, the world's second-largest island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean Western New Guinea, an Indonesian region comprising the western half...
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    The New Guinean quoll (Dasyurus albopunctatus), also known as the New Guinea quoll or New Guinea native cat, is a carnivorous marsupial mammal native to...
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    make up the nation of Papua New Guinea in tropical Oceania, located in the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. Papua New Guinea is largely mountainous, and...
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    largest archipelagic state, stretching from Sumatra in Asia to the western part of New Guinea in Oceania. The exact number of islands composing Indonesia varies...
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