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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Human rights in Indonesia (redirect from Human rights in Western New Guinea)
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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Australia (continent) (redirect from Australia–New Guinea)
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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