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Ethnic group Linguistic classification Regency Districts and villages Clans and subgroups Abun: Language isolate or West Papuan: Tambrauw: Sausapor District: Sausapor, Jokte, Emaus, and Uigwem villages
West Papua (Indonesian: Papua Barat), formerly Irian Jaya Barat (West Irian), is an Indonesian province located in Indonesia Papua.It covers most of the two western peninsulas of the island of New Guinea: the eastern half of the Bird's Head Peninsula (or Doberai Peninsula) and the whole of the Bomberai Peninsula, along with nearby smaller islands.
Ethnic group Linguistic classification Regency Districts and villages Clans and subgroups Arfak: East Bird's Head: Pegunungan Arfak: Sougb, Hatam, Moire, Meiah Borai
The State University of Papua was established on 3 November 2000. This university was created to help with the local education of the people of Papua. Among their achievements is the Beccariana, an academic journal published by the university. [15] This publication contains all the research done by the university in the field of herbalism.
Southwest Papua (Indonesian: Papua Barat Daya) is the 38th province of Indonesia to be created, and was split off from West Papua on 8 December 2022. [4] Despite being named southwest, it is a misnomer and this province is actually located in the northwest edge of Papua .
Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, [3] is the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly Dutch and granted to Indonesia in 1962. Given the island is alternatively named Papua, the region is also called West Papua ( Indonesian : Papua Barat ).
Tehit language, locally known as salo tehit, [4] consists of 11-23 dialects which are Tehiyit (spoken in Teminabuan and its surroundings), Afsya (also known as Mbolfle; spoken in Weri Konda and Mbariat located in the southern part of Teminabuan), Gemma (spoken in Wehali and Eles located in northern Teminabuan), Yemian (spoken in Hana and Sanekh), Sawiat (spoken in Soroan and its surroundings ...
The southern border of the regency is formed by the Taritatu River; there the regency borders Central Mamberamo Regency in Highland Papua Province. The highest elevation of this regency is the summit of the Gauttier Mountain Range , at ~2,250 m above sea level, near the border with Mamberamo Raya.