Western New Guinea (Indonesia)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Western_New_Guinea_(Indonesia)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	geographical region
gptkbp:area	approximately 420,540 km²
gptkbp:autonomousRegions	gptkb:Central_Papua_Province gptkb:Highland_Papua_Province gptkb:Papua_Province gptkb:South_Papua_Province gptkb:West_Papua_Province
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:Arafura_Sea gptkb:Banda_Sea gptkb:Pacific_Ocean gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Jayapura
gptkbp:climate	tropical
gptkbp:composedOf	gptkb:Papua_Province gptkb:West_Papua_Province
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:Papuan_independence_movement
gptkbp:ethnicGroup	gptkb:Papuans gptkb:Austronesians
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:Indonesia
gptkbp:hasBiodiversity	high
gptkbp:hasResource	gptkb:gold copper wood
gptkbp:highestPoint	gptkb:Puncak_Jaya 4,884 m
gptkbp:historicalName	gptkb:Irian_Jaya
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	gptkb:Dutch_East_Indies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Western New Guinea (Indonesia)
gptkbp:integratedIntoIndonesia	1969
gptkbp:integrationEvent	gptkb:Act_of_Free_Choice
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Indonesia
gptkbp:locatedOn	gptkb:island_of_New_Guinea
gptkbp:mainLanguage	gptkb:Austronesian_languages gptkb:Papuan_languages
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Jayapura gptkb:Timika gptkb:Manokwari gptkb:Merauke gptkb:Sorong
gptkbp:notableFauna	birds of paradise cassowaries tree kangaroos
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Grasberg_mine
gptkbp:notablePeak	gptkb:Puncak_Jaya
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Indonesian
gptkbp:population	approximately 5 million (2020s)
gptkbp:rainforestCoverage	extensive
gptkbp:timezone	Eastern Indonesia Time (UTC+9)
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	gptkb:Lorentz_National_Park
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Southern_New_Guinea
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7