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Papua/West Papua/Irian Jaya
| Location |
Between equatorial Pacific Ocean, Arafura Sea |
| Latitude and longitude |
4 00 S, 137 00 E |
| Sovereignty |
Indonesia |
| Political status notes |
Indonesian portion of New
Guinea; a Province of Indonesia |
| Population |
2,233,530 |
| Census notes |
2000 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
421,981 |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
|
Republic
of Indonesia, Law No. 21 (2001) on Special Autonomy for the Papua
Province (unofficial translation); also available in PDF
format (64K) |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Papua,
from the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia |
| Papua
(West Papua), from Radio Australia’s Time to Talk |
| PapuaWeb,
Papua (Irian Jaya) Research, a collaborative project between the State
University of Papua, Cenderawasih State University, and the Australian
National University |
| Statistics Indonesia |
| West
Papua, from Radio Australia’s Charting the Pacific |
| West
Papua Information Kit |
| West
Papua Niugini/Irian Jaya Homepage, from Friends of West Papua,
promoting independence for West Papua |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| Challenges
to Special Autonomy in the Province of Papua, Republic of Indonesia,
by Laurence Sullivan, from the State,
Society and Governance in Melanesia Project, Research School of Pacific
and Asian Studies, Australian National University (2003)(PDF 917K) |
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