West Papua

E123085

West Papua is a culturally Melanesian region in the western half of New Guinea, administered by Indonesia and known for its rich indigenous traditions and biodiversity.

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Melanesian region ⓘ
cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
administeredBy Indonesia ⓘ
borders Arafura Sea ⓘ
Banda Sea ⓘ
Ceram Sea ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
climate equatorial ⓘ
tropical ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
hasCulturalIdentity Melanesian ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice body painting ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
hasEcosystem coral reefs ⓘ
mangrove forests ⓘ
montane forests ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Amungme people ⓘ
Asmat people ⓘ
Biak people ⓘ
Dani people ⓘ
hasFauna birds-of-paradise ⓘ
cassowaries ⓘ
tree kangaroos ⓘ
hasFlora mangroves ⓘ
orchids ⓘ
tropical hardwoods ⓘ
hasIndigenousPeople Melanesian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Melanesians

Papuans ⓘ
linked to: Papuan peoples
knownFor coral reef ecosystems ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
rich indigenous traditions ⓘ
tropical rainforests ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
Papuan languages ⓘ
locatedIn western half of New Guinea ⓘ
naturalResource copper ⓘ
gold ⓘ
minerals ⓘ
timber ⓘ
partOf Indonesian archipelago ⓘ
Melanesia ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
indigenous belief systems ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Melanesia → hasPart → West Papua ⓘ
New Guinea → westernHalfKnownAs → Western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Indonesian archipelago → hasSubregion → Western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Megapodius freycinet → nativeTo → West Papua region ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Bird’s Head Plate → locatedInRegion → western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration → borderedBy → Dutch New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Melanesians → majorPopulationIn → West Papua ⓘ
Melanesians → majorPopulationIn → Papua province of Indonesia ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Eastern Indonesia → hasPart → West Papua region ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Indonesia
linked to: West Papua
Indonesia Standard Time system → coversRegion → Western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Central Range → extendsAcross → western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Central Cordillera → extendsAcross → western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
birds-of-paradise → nativeTo → West Papua ⓘ
Papuan Malay → spokenIn → West Papua Province ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Papuan peoples → primaryRegion → Western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Territory of New Guinea → borderedBy → Dutch New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages → spokenIn → western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Paradisaeidae → nativeRange → West Papua ⓘ
Baliem Valley → locatedIn → Western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Papua conflict → locatedIn → West Papua Province ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
dusky scrubfowl → nativeTo → West Papua region ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Malesia → hasPart → Western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Papuan Islands → locatedIn → Western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Papuan Islands → locatedInAdministrativeRegion → West Papua Province ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
John Moresby → explored → Papua region ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Bird’s Head Peninsula → locatedIn → Western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Bird’s Head Peninsula → partOf → West Papua ⓘ
Vogelkop Peninsula → locatedIn → Western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Vogelkop Peninsula → region → West Papua ⓘ
Amungme people → locatedIn → West Papua ⓘ
Biak people → ethnicGroupOf → West Papua ⓘ
Raja Ampat Islands → locatedIn → West Papua ⓘ
Benny Wenda → countryOfOrigin → West Papua ⓘ
International Free West Papua Campaign → focusesOn → West Papua ⓘ
West New Guinea dispute → location → West New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
West New Guinea dispute → regionAfterTransfer → Irian Barat ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Kulon → region → West Papua ⓘ
Kulon → hasAlternativeName → Kulon-Papuan ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Kulon → extinctionPlace → West Papua, Indonesia ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Wilson's bird-of-paradise → endemicTo → West Papua, Indonesia ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
Papua → hasBorderWith → West Papua ⓘ