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New Guinea
| Location |
Between Equatorial Pacific Ocean, Arafura Sea, Coral Sea |
| Latitude and longitude |
6 00 S, 140 50 E
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| Sovereignty |
Papua New Guinea; Indonesia |
| Political status notes |
Divided between Papua New Guinea and
Indonesia; Indonesian
portion known as Irian Jaya/West Papua |
| Population |
Papua New Guinea 4,790,800 (est. 2000); Irian Jaya/West
Papua 1,942,600 (est. 1995) |
| Land area in square kilometers |
785,753 |
Sources and other useful websites
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| United Nations System-Wide Earthwatch Island
Directory |
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