Western New Guinea

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geographical region
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Indonesia
gptkbp:area approximately 420,540 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Arafura_Sea
gptkb:Banda_Sea
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkbp:climate tropical
gptkbp:colonizedBy gptkb:Netherlands
gptkbp:composedOf gptkb:Central_Papua_Province
gptkb:Highland_Papua_Province
gptkb:Papua_Province
gptkb:South_Papua_Province
gptkb:West_Papua_Province
gptkb:Southwest_Papua_Province
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Papuan_independence_movement
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Papuans
gptkb:Austronesians
gptkbp:fauna birds of paradise
cassowaries
tree kangaroos
gptkbp:flora mangroves
rainforests
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Indonesian_central_government
gptkbp:highestPoint gptkb:Puncak_Jaya
4,884 m
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Irian_Jaya
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Western New Guinea
gptkbp:knownFor biodiversity
mineral resources
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Indonesia
gptkbp:locatedOn gptkb:island_of_New_Guinea
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Indonesian
gptkb:Austronesian_languages
gptkb:Papuan_languages
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Jayapura
gptkb:Timika
gptkb:Manokwari
gptkb:Sorong
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Lorentz_National_Park
gptkb:Grasberg_mine
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Asia
gptkb:Oceania
Melanesia
gptkbp:population approximately 5 million (2020s)
gptkbp:status gptkb:Special_Autonomy_Region
gptkbp:timezone Eastern Indonesia Time (UTC+9)
gptkbp:transferredTo gptkb:Indonesia
1963
gptkbp:UNSupervisedAct gptkb:Act_of_Free_Choice
gptkbp:UNSupervisedActYear 1969
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:New_Guinea
gptkb:Republic_of_Indonesia
gptkb:Papua
gptkb:West_Papua
gptkb:Republik_Indonesia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5