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The Dani (also spelled Ndani) are an ethnic group from the Central Highlands of Western New Guinea in Baliem Valley, Highland Papua, Indonesia.Around 100,000 people live in the Baliem Valley, consisting of representatives of the Dani tribes in the lower and upper parts of the valley each 20,000 and 50,000 in the middle part (with a total of 90,000 people).
The first inhabitants Indigenous people of New Guinea, from whom the Papuan people are probably descended, adapted to the range of ecologies and, in time, developed one of the earliest known agricultures. Remains of this agricultural system, in the form of ancient irrigation systems in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, are being studied by ...
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Papua New Guinea has been a member of the Forum of Small States (FOSS) since the group's founding in 1992. [73] Papua New Guinea supported Indonesia's control of Western New Guinea, [74] the focus of the Papua conflict where numerous human rights violations have reportedly been committed by the Indonesian security forces. [75] [76] [77]
The indigenous peoples of Western New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, commonly called Papuans, [1] are Melanesians.There is genetic evidence for two major historical lineages in New Guinea and neighboring islands: a first wave from the Malay Archipelago perhaps 50,000 years ago when New Guinea and Australia were a single landmass called Sahul and, much later, a wave of Austronesian ...
Provincial-level divisions of Papua New Guinea; Category: Unitary state: Location: Independent State of Papua New Guinea: Number: 22 provincial-level divisions: 20 Provinces 1 Autonomous Region 1 National Capital District: Populations: Provinces only: Smallest: 50,231 Largest: 674,810 : Areas: Provinces only: Smallest: 2,100 km 2 (800 sq mi)
Map of Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Capital of Papua New Guinea. This is a list of cities, towns, and villages in Papua New Guinea. List.