Western New Guinea

Coordinates: 4°00′S 136°00′E / 4.000°S 136.000°E / -4.000; 136.000
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This article is about the western half of the island of New Guinea. For the Indonesian province, see West Papua (province).

Western New Guinea
Papua
West Irian / Irian Jaya / West Papua /
Dutch New Guinea
Region
Location of Western New Guinea
CountryIndonesia
Provinces
Largest cities
Area
 • Total412,214.61 km2 (159,156.95 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate)[1]
 • Total5,601,888
 • Density14/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
ISO 3166-2ID-PP[2]
Vehicle registration plates
  • PA
  • PB

Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua,[3] is the western half of the island of New Guinea granted to Indonesia in 1962. Given the island is alternatively named Papua, the region is also called West Papua (Indonesian: Papua Barat).[4]

Lying to the west of Papua New Guinea and geographically a part of the Australian continent, the territory is almost entirely in the Southern Hemisphere and includes the Biak and Raja Ampat archipelagoes. The region is predominantly covered with rainforest where traditional peoples live, including the Dani of the Baliem Valley. A large proportion of the population live in or near coastal areas. The largest city is Jayapura.

In the late 1940s, territories of the

which?] In November 2022 three additional provinces were created from parts of Papua Province – Central Papua, Highland Papua, and South Papua – while another additional province, Southwest Papua, was created from part of West Papua Province; these received the same special autonomous status as (the residual) West Papua and Papua Provinces, the latter now reduced to northern Papua and the groups of islands in Cenderawasih Bay
.

In 2020, West Papua and Papua provinces had a census population of 5,437,775, the majority of whom are indigenous;[6] the official estimate as of mid-2022 was 5,601,888.[1]

The official language is

Dani, Yali, Ekari and Biak.[7] The predominant official religion is Christianity, followed by Islam. The main industries include agriculture, fishing, oil production, and mining.[citation needed
]

Name

Speakers align themselves with a political orientation when choosing a name for the western half of the island of New Guinea.[8] The official name of the region is "Papua" according to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).[2][9] Independence activists refer to the region as "West Papua", while Indonesian officials have also used "West Papua" to name the western province of the region since 2007.[10] Historically, the region has had the official names of Netherlands New Guinea (1895–1962), West New Guinea or West Irian (1962–1973), Irian Jaya (1973–2002), and Papua (2002–present).[11] The expected Indonesian translation of "Western New Guinea", Nugini Barat, is currently only used in historical contexts such as kampanye Nugini Barat "Western New Guinea campaign".

Geography

The lowland rainforest of the Western New Guinea

The region is 1,200 kilometres (750 miles) from east to west and 736 kilometres (457 miles) from north to south. It has an area of 412,214.61 square kilometres (159,157 square miles), which equates to approximately 22% of Indonesia's land area. The border with Papua New Guinea mostly follows the 141st meridian east, with one section defined by the Fly River.[12]

The island of New Guinea was once part of the Australian landmass and lay on the continent of

montane forests, rainforests, fast-flowing rivers, and gorges. Swamps and low-lying alluvial plains with fertile soil dominate the southeastern section around the town of Merauke. Swamps also extend 300 kilometres (190 miles) around the Asmat
region.

The rugged and mountainous topography of Western New Guinea.

The region has 40 major rivers, 12 lakes, and 40 islands.[

Mamberamo River is the region's largest and runs through the length of Papua Province. The result is a large area of lakes and rivers known as the Lakes Plains region. The southern lowlands, habitats of which included mangrove, tidal and freshwater swamp forest, and lowland rainforest, are home to populations of fishermen and gatherers such as the Asmat people. The Baliem Valley, home of the Dani people, is a tableland 1,600 m (5,250 ft) above sea level amid the central mountain range.[citation needed
]

The dry season across the region is generally between May and October; although drier in these months, rain persists throughout the year.[citation needed] Strong winds and rain are experienced along the north coast from November to March. However, the south coast experiences an increase in wind and rain between April and October, which is the dry season in the Merauke area, the only part of Western New Guinea to experience distinct seasons.[citation needed] Coastal areas are generally hot and humid, whereas the highland areas tend to be cooler.[citation needed]

Ecology

Lying in the Asia-Australian transition zone near Wallacea, the region's flora and fauna include Asiatic, Australian, and endemic species.[citation needed] The region is 75% forest and has a high degree of biodiversity. The island has an estimated 16,000 species of plants, 124 genera of which are endemic.[citation needed] The mountainous areas and the north are covered with dense rainforest. Highland vegetation also includes alpine grasslands, heath, pine forests, bush and scrub. The vegetation of the south coast includes mangroves and sago palms and in the drier southeastern section, eucalypts, paperbarks, and acacias.

Marsupial species dominate the region; there are an estimated 70

flying foxes, ospreys, and other animals, while the equatorial glacier fields remain largely unexplored.[citation needed
]

In February 2005, a team of scientists exploring the Foja Mountains discovered numerous new species of birds, butterflies, amphibians, and plants, including a species of rhododendron that may have the largest bloom of the genus.[16]

Environmental issues include deforestation, the spread of the introduced crab-eating macaque, which now threatens the existence of native species, and discarded copper and gold tailings from the Grasberg mine.[17]

Flora and fauna on the Bird's Head Peninsula

The king bird-of-paradise is one of over 300 bird species on the peninsula.

The

grey-banded munia, Vogelkop bowerbird, and the king bird-of-paradise.[19]

Road construction, illegal logging, commercial agricultural expansion, and ranching potentially threaten the integrity of the ecoregion.[19] The southeastern coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula forms part of the Teluk Cenderawasih National Park.[20]

Administration

Further information: List of regencies and cities of Indonesia
  Central Papua
  Highland Papua
  Papua
  South Papua
  Southwest Papua
  West Papua
Logo of Papuan People's Assembly, a special organization in Papua Province composed of native Papuans to enforce the special autonomy.
Logo of West Papuan People's Assembly, a special organization in West Papua Province composed of native West Papuans to enforce the special autonomy.

Western New Guinea is currently administered as six Indonesian provinces:

Province Customary
Territory 		Area
in km2 		Capital Regency
(kabupaten) 		City
(kota)
Central Papua Mee Pago and parts of Saireri[a][21] 61,072.92 Wanggar, Nabire Deiyai
Dogiyai
Intan Jaya
Mimika
Nabire
Paniai
Puncak
Puncak Jaya 		–
Highland Papua La Pago[b][22] 51,213.34 Walesi and Wouma, Jayawijaya
Pegunungan Bintang
Tolikara
Yahukimo
Yalimo
 –
Papua Tabi (Mamta)[c] and rest of Saireri[23] 82,680.95 Jayapura Biak Numfor
Jayapura
Keerom
Mamberamo Raya
Sarmi
Supiori
Waropen
Yapen Islands 		Jayapura
South Papua Anim Ha[24] 117,849.16 Salor, Merauke Asmat
Boven Digoel
Mappi
Merauke 		–
Southwest Papua Half of Doberai[25] 39,122.93 Sorong Maybrat
Raja Ampat
Sorong
South Sorong
Tambrauw 		Sorong
West Papua Rest of Doberai and Bomberai[26] 60,275.33 Manokwari
Teluk Wondama
 –

History

Main articles: History of Western New Guinea and History of Indonesia
Before the 1970s, the Korowai people of Papua were an uncontacted people.

Pre-colonial history

Papuan habitation of the region is estimated to have begun between 42,000 and 48,000 years ago.[27] Research indicates that the highlands were an early and independent center of agriculture, and show that agriculture developed gradually over several thousands of years; the banana has been cultivated in this region for at least 7,000 years.[28]

Austronesian peoples migrating through Maritime Southeast Asia settled in the area at least 3,000 years ago, and populated especially in Cenderawasih Bay. Diverse cultures and languages have developed in situ; there are over 300 languages and two hundred additional dialects in the region (see Papuan languages, Austronesian languages, Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages).

The 14th-century

Bird's Head region of Western New Guinea.[29] Wwanin or Onin was probably the oldest name in recorded history to refer to the western part of the island of New Guinea.[30] Meanwhile Sran refer to an ancient local kingdom of Sran Eman Muun, located in the southern part of Bomberai Peninsula called Koiwai (modern day Kaimana Regency), which was the predecessor of local Papuan kingdoms in the area.[31]

European conquest

In 1526–27, the

Waigeo Island, and named the region Ilhas dos Papuas (Islands of Papuans).[33]

In 1545 the Spaniard

Mamberamo River near which he landed, naming the island Nueva Guinea. In 1606 Portuguese navigator Luís Vaz de Torres[34] sailed in the name of Spain along the southwestern part of the island in present-day Papua
, and also claimed the territory for the King of Spain.

Near the end of the sixteenth century, the

Baabullah (1570–1583) had influence over parts of Papua.[35]

Dutch rule

See also: Dutch New Guinea and West New Guinea dispute
Fort Du Bus in 1828
Dutch expeditions in Netherlands New Guinea 1907–1915.

In 1660, the Dutch recognised the Sultan of Tidore's sovereignty over New Guinea. New Guinea thus became notionally Dutch as the Dutch held power over Tidore. In 1793, Britain established a settlement near Manokwari. However, it failed. By 1824 Britain and the Netherlands agreed that the western half of the island would become part of the Dutch East Indies. In 1828 the Dutch established the settlement of Fort Du Bus at Lobo (near Kaimana), which also failed. Great Britain and Germany had recognised the Dutch claims on western New Guinea in treaties of 1885 and 1895. Dutch activity in the region remained minimal in the first half of the twentieth century. Dutch, US, and Japanese mining companies explored the area's rich oil reserves in the 1930s. In 1942, the northern coast of West New Guinea and the nearby islands were occupied by Japan.[36] In 1944, Allied forces gained control of the region through a four-phase campaign from neighbouring Papua New Guinea. The United States constructed a headquarters for MacArthur at Hollandia (Jayapura), intended as a staging point for operations to retake the Philippines. Papuan men and resources were used to support the Allied war effort in the Pacific. After the war's end, the Dutch regained possession of the region.

Since the early twentieth century, Indonesian nationalists had sought an independent Indonesia based on all Dutch colonial possessions in the Indies, including western New Guinea. Some even founded local-based political parties, such as Indonesian Irian Independence Party (PKII) in 1946. In December 1949, the Netherlands recognised Indonesian sovereignty over the Dutch East Indies with the exception of Dutch New Guinea, the issue of which was to be discussed within a year. The Dutch successfully argued that Western New Guinea was "geographically very different" from Indonesia and the people were also very ethnically different. In an attempt to prevent Indonesia taking control of the region and to prepare the region for independence, the Dutch significantly raised development spending from its low base,[37] began investing in Papuan education, and encouraged Papuan nationalism. A small western elite developed with a growing political awareness attuned to the idea of Papuan independence, with close links to neighbouring eastern New Guinea, which was administered by Australia.[38] A national parliament was elected in 1961 and the Morning Star flag raised on 1 December, with independence planned in exactly 9 years' time.

Annexation and integration into Indonesia

See also: West New Guinea dispute, Operation Trikora, and Papua conflict
The Sukarno-era West Irian Liberation Monument in Lapangan Banteng, Jakarta.
Rp 0.12 Indonesian stamp of 1963.

better source needed] The negotiations resulted in the UN-ratified New York Agreement of September 1962,[42] which transferred administration to a United Nations Temporary Executive Authority
(UNTEA) and proposed that the administration could be assumed by Indonesia until such time as a plebiscite could be organized to allow Papuans to determine whether they wanted independence or union with Indonesia.

Under the terms of the

musyawarah or traditional consensus to decide the region's status. The 1,026 elders were hand-picked by the Indonesian government and many were coerced into voting for union with Indonesia. However, in the democratic culture of the Papuan people themselves at the time, there was a system known as noken, within a community in the central highlands of Papua, in which the vote is represented by the tribal chief.[citation needed] Soon after, as of United Nations Resolution 2504 (XXIV) the region became the 26th province of Indonesia.[43] The 1969 Act of Free Choice is considered contentious, with even United Nations observers recognizing the elders were placed under duress and forced to vote yes.[44]

The Free Papua Movement (OPM) has engaged in a pro-independence conflict with the Indonesian military since the 1960s. This has been in response to the initial take over of the region and multiple killings and other human rights violations by Indonesian troops, causing many West Papuans and international organisations to describe the situation in West Papua as "genocide".[45] Rebellions occurred in remote mountainous areas in 1969, 1977, and the mid-1980s, occasionally spilling over into Papua New Guinea.

A section of Trans-Papua Highway connecting Deiyai and Mimika in Central Papua

In 1980, the Trans Irian Jaya Highway, currently Trans-Papua Highway, began construction. The highway would link unconnected cities and regions across the region, which were previously only accessible by sea or, for inland areas, by air. However, some experts suggested prioritizing development of local indigenous people over infrastructure development[46] in order to be parallel with non-Papuan migrants, who were progressively inhabiting Western New Guinea's cities at the time.

In the

post-Suharto era, the national government began a process of decentralisation of the provinces, including, in December 2001, a special autonomy status for Papua province and a reinvestment into the region of 80% of the taxation receipts generated by the region, in addition of special autonomy fund. In 2003, a new province of West Papua was created from the western regencies of Papua (province), comprising lands in the Bird's Head Peninsula
and surrounding islands to its west.

Free West Papua protest in Melbourne, Australia, August 2012.

In 2011, Indonesia submitted an application for membership to the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) for the two Papua provinces (as well as 3 other melanesian dominated provinces) and was granted observer status.[47] The West Papua National Council for Liberation independence movement made an unsuccessful application for membership to the MSG in 2013 after which the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) was established in December 2014 to unite the three main political independence movements under a single umbrella organisation. In June 2015, the ULMWP was granted MSG observer status as representative of West Papuans outside the country while Indonesia was upgraded to associate member.[48][49]

In 2016, at the

Pacific Island countries called for UN action on alleged human rights abuses committed against Papua's indigenous Melanesians, with some leaders calling for self-determination for West Papua.[50][51] Indonesia accused the countries of interfering with Indonesia's national sovereignty.[51] In 2017, at the 72nd Session, the leaders called again for an investigation into killings and various alleged human rights abuses by Indonesian security forces.[52]

The

Indonesian flag.[53]

In July 2022 three additional provinces were created from parts of the existing Papua Province. The new provinces were Central Papua, Highland Papua and South Papua. In November 2022, Southwest Papua was created from the western part of West Papua Province. Thus, including the residual West Papua Province and Papua Province, there were then six provinces covering Western New Guinea.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1971 923,440—    
1980 1,173,875+27.1%
1990 1,648,708+40.5%
1995 1,942,627+17.8%
2000 2,220,934+14.3%
2010 3,593,803+61.8%
2020 5,437,775+51.3%
2021 5,512,275+1.4%
2022 5,601,888+1.6%
Religion in Western New Guinea (2022)[54]
Religion per cent
Protestantism
 
 66.10%
Islam
 
 19.72%
Roman Catholicism
 
 13.99%
Hinduism
 
 0.08%
Buddhism
 
 0.06%
Others
 
 0.05%
Confucianism
 
 0.001%

The population of the region was estimated to be 5,601,888 in mid 2022.

Manokwari in the northeast of the Bird's Head Peninsula, each of which had over 100,000 inhabitants in 2022.[1]

Trans-New Guinea

The region is home to around 312 different tribes, including some

Mek, Sawi, and Yali. Estimates of the number of distinct languages spoken in the region range from 200 to 700. A number of these languages are permanently disappearing.[57]

As in Papua New Guinea and some surrounding east Indonesian provinces, a large majority of the population is Christian. In the 2010 census, 65.48% identified themselves as Protestant, 17.67% as Catholic, 15.89% as Muslim, and less than 1% as either Hindu or Buddhist.[58][59] There is also a substantial practice of animism among the major religions, but this is not recorded by the census.[citation needed]

Haplogroups

There are 6 main

Y-chromosome haplogroup S
across the mountain highlands; meanwhile, D, C2 and C4 are of negligible numbers.

Culture

Yali in the Yahukimo Regency

Papuans have significant cultural affinities with the inhabitants of Papua New Guinea.[citation needed] As in Papua New Guinea, the peoples of the highlands have traditions and languages distinct from the peoples of the coast, though Papuan scholars and activists have recently detailed cultural links between coast and highlands as evidenced by close similarity of family names.[citation needed] In some parts of the highlands, the koteka (penis gourd) is worn by males in ceremonies. The use of the koteka as everyday dress by Dani males in Western New Guinea is still common.

A culture of

inter-tribal warfare and animosity between neighboring tribes has long been present in the highlands.[63]

Foreign journalism

The Indonesian government is very strict in giving foreign journalists permission to enter Western New Guinea, considering that this region is very vulnerable to separatist movements. As formerly in East Timor, Indonesia's former territory, the Indonesian administration takes great efforts to filter the information that gets out of Western New Guinea.[64] However, there is no prohibition for journalists to go to the region. In 2012, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received 11 applications for permission to cover Papua from a number of foreign media. Of 11 requests, five were approved while the other six were rejected. Meanwhile, in 2013, requests for permission to cover Papua by foreign media soared to 28. At that time, the ministry approved 21 letters of application and rejected the other seven.[65]

The process of admitting foreign press and NGOs, which was previously complicated, began to be facilitated in 2015. Kompas.com explained that Jokowi officially revoked the ban on foreign journalists from entering Papua. According to him, Papua is the same as other regions of Indonesia. However, as of today foreign journalists are still required to apply for permission to enter Papua through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[66]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Mostly in the region Mee Pago but Nabire Regency is a part of Saireri.
  2. ^ shortened from Lano Pago
  3. ^ shortened from Mamberamo-Tabi

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External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Papua.

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