South Papua Province

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South Papua Province is an administrative region in the southern part of Indonesian Papua, known for its diverse indigenous communities, rich rainforest and coastal ecosystems, and use of Papuan Malay as a lingua franca.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
South Papua 4
South Papua Province canonical 4
Asmat Regency, Papua, Indonesia 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf province of Indonesia
borders Arafura Sea
Central Papua Province
linked to: Central Papua

Papua New Guinea
Papua Province
capital Merauke
climate tropical
coastalFeature estuaries and river deltas
country Indonesia
ecosystemType coastal ecosystems
mangrove forests
tropical rainforest
wetlands
ethnolinguisticDiversity high
governanceLevel first-level administrative division of Indonesia
governedAs Indonesian province-level administrative region
hasBiodiversity rich rainforest flora and fauna
hasCoastlineOn Arafura Sea
hasCulturalFeature strong indigenous customary land systems
use of Papuan Malay as interethnic language
hasEthnicLanguageFamily Austronesian languages
hasEthnicLanguageFamily Trans–New Guinea languages
hasIndigenousCommunities Asmat-related groups
Auyu people
Kombai-related groups
Marind people
Muyu people
hasMajorEconomicActivity fishing
forestry
subsistence agriculture
hasMajorHabitat lowland rainforest
savanna-like grasslands near Merauke
swamp forest
hasMajorTown Merauke
hasTransportHub Mopah Airport in Merauke
largestCity Merauke
linguaFranca Papuan Malay
locatedIn southern part of Indonesian Papua
locatedOn New Guinea island
linked to: New Guinea
officialLanguage Indonesian
partOf Papua region of Indonesia
linked to: Papua

Western New Guinea
linked to: western New Guinea
religionDiversity Christianity and Islam
timeZone Eastern Indonesia Time
usesScript Latin alphabet for official purposes
UTCOffset +09:00

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Papuan Malay spokenIn South Papua Province
Asmat people governingDivision Asmat Regency, Papua, Indonesia
linked to: South Papua Province
Province of Papua border Province of South Papua
linked to: South Papua Province
Eastern Indonesian Time usedInRegion South Papua
linked to: South Papua Province
Papua hasBorderWith South Papua
linked to: South Papua Province
Central Papua borderedBy South Papua Province
Digul River locatedIn South Papua
linked to: South Papua Province
Digul River region South Papua
linked to: South Papua Province
Digul River geographicFeatureOf South Papua Province
Free Papua Movement claimsTerritory South Papua Province