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Ethnic group Linguistic classification Regency Districts and villages Clans and subgroups Arfak: East Bird's Head: Pegunungan Arfak: Sougb, Hatam, Moire, Meiah Borai
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.
Highland Papua (Indonesian: Papua Pegunungan) is a province of Indonesia, which roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Lano-Pago, shortened to La Pago. [6] It covers an area of 51,213.33 km 2 (19,773.58 sq mi) and had a population of 1,448,360 according to the official estimates as at mid 2023.
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 ).
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.
The districts of Papua (as now reduced by the reorganisation of July 2022, which separated twenty regencies previously part of Papua Province into three new provinces of Central Papua, Highland Papua and South Papua) and their respective regencies are as follows (as of December 2019).
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.