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The New Guinea Highlands, a spine of mountains that extends the length of the island of New Guinea, are populated highlands that are primarily covered in tropical rainforests. Lowland and coastal regions, as well as very large wetland areas bordering the Sepik and Fly rivers, are home to dense...
18. The name Papua New Guinea originates from the Malayan word 'papuah' which refers to the frizzy hair of the Melanesians and the Spanish name 'Nueva Guinea' that the first Spanish explorers gave to the island, as they found the indigenous people resembled the indigenous people they had e...
1. The Island of New Guinea The Island of New Guinea is an island located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, and is named after the African country of the same name. It is the world's second-largest island, and is divided between two countries: Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Papua New...
West Papua is the western half of the Melanesian island of New Guinea, in the Pacific Ocean, bordering the independent nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG). It lies just 200km north of Australia and the indigenous Melanesian people have lived there for over 40,000 years. ...
Ali Mirinis a West Papuan academic and writer from the Kimyal tribe of the highlands bordering the Star mountain region of Papua New Guinea. He lives in Australia and contributes articles to Asia Pacific Report. ——— https://www.thejakartapost....
Critics blame that on corruption and the result of a concentration of power in the hands of bureaucrats and politicians in Jayapura, the capital and largest city (pop:363,000) located in the far northeast corner of the province bordering Papua New Guinea. ...
The island is politically divided between Indonesiaand Papua New Guinea (PNG). The Indonesian provinces of WestPapua (in the west) and Papua (in the east bordering PNG) werevirtually closed to research through the latter part of the 21~(st) cen-tury. As such, there are nearly 30% fewer...