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Western New Guinea
Table of Contents
Culture and History / Provinces / Regions / Cities / Other destinations / Understand 2 / Talk / Travel to Western New Guinea, visa requirements / Get around / Western New Guinea attractions and sightseeing / Itineraries / City tours / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Western New Guinea nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Stay safe / Get outWestern New Guinea (also referred to as West Papua, until 2000 officially Irian Jaya and previously Netherlands New Guinea) encompasses all of the part of the island of New Guinea that belongs to Indonesia (the independent nation of Papua New Guinea occupies the remainder, the eastern half) and also includes 40 nearby islands.
Culture and History
Provinces
Prior to 2003, Western New Guinea was a single province - Papua (previously known as West Irian or Irian Barat).
The division of Papua province was highly controversial and is widely disputed. The western portion (Bird's Head Peninsula and surrounding islands) is now officially West Irian Jaya (Irian Jaya Barat) province, however the status of this new province is contested and remains legally unclear.
A further split, to create a third Central Irian Jaya province, was abandoned due to fierce opposition.
Regions
Cities
Other destinations
Understand
Talk
Travel to Western New Guinea & Visa Requirements
Tours & Getting around Western New Guinea
Western New Guinea attractions and sightseeing
Itineraries
Western New Guinea city tours
Western New Guinea Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive
Western New Guinea nightlife, bars, clubs & pubs
Stay safe
Get out
- Maluku Islands (Moluccas) - to the west
- Papua New Guinea - to the east, the eastern half of New Guinea
This page was last edited at 03:53, on 8 April 2008 by Marc Heiden. Based on work by Todd VerBeek and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.
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