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| Full name | Province of Papua | | Native name lang | id | | Motto | Karya Swadaya (Sanskrit)
(Work with one's own might) | | Country | Indonesia | | Capital | Jayapura | | Governor | Barnabas Suebu | | Total Area | 162884.7 sq mi (421981 km2) | | Total Population | 2900000 (2010) | | Density (pop.) | auto/km2 (0/sq mi) | | Demographics | | Ethnic groups | Papuan, Melanesian (including Aitinyo, Aefak, Asmat, Agast, Dani, Ayamaru, Mandacan Biak, Serui), Javanese, Bugis, Mandar, Minangkabau, Batak, Minahasan, Chinese. | | Religion | Protestant (51.2%), Roman Catholic (25.42%), Islam (23%), others (2.5%) | | Languages | Indonesian (official), 269 indigenous Papuan and Austronesian languages | | Time zone | EIT (UTC+09) |
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Papua comprises most of the western half of the island of New Guinea and nearby islands. Its capital is Jayapura. It's the largest and easternmost province of Indonesia. The province originally covered the entire western half of New Guinea. In 2003, the Indonesian government declared the westernmost part of the island, around Bird's Head Peninsula, a separate province; its name was first West Irian Jaya and now West Papua.
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