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West Papua (province)

Administration

Full name	West Papua
Native name lang	id
Motto	Cintaku Negeriku (Indonesian) (My love, my country)
Country	Indonesia
Government
Capital	Manokwari
Governor	Abraham Octavianus Atururi
Geography
Total Area	75245.7 sq mi (194937 km2)
Demography
Total Population	741841 (2010)
Density (pop.)	auto/km² (0/sq mi)
Demographics
Ethnic groups	Melanesian, Papuan
Religion	Christianity, Islam, Indigenous religions
Languages	Indonesian (official)
Other information
Time zone	EIT (UTC+09)

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West Papua ( ) is a province of Indonesia covering the western peninsula of the island of New Guinea. It is the least-populous province of Indonesia and one of two situated in Indonesian New Guinea, with the province of Papua also lying to the east. Prior to 2007, the province was known as West Irian Jaya ( ). The region covers the Bird's Head (Doberai) and Bomberai peninsulas and the surrounding islands of Raja Ampat. Its first census, in 2010 recorded some 761,000 people.

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