# West Papua

> province of Indonesia

**Wikidata**: [Q5096](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5096)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Papua_(province))  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/west-papua

## Summary

West Papua is a province of Indonesia.[1][2][3][1][4] It was established in 2003.Its capital is Manokwari.[3] West Papua has an area of 64k.Its population is 1.2M (2024).[5]


## References

1. Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 100.1.1-6117 Of 2022
2. Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree Number 050-145 of 2022
3. Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025
4. Undang-Undang tentang Pembentukan Propinsi Irian Jaya Tengah, Propinsi Irian Jaya Barat, Kabupaten Paniai, Kabupaten Mimika, Kabupaten Puncak Jaya, dan Kota Sorong. Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 45 of 1999
5. Peraturan Menteri Dalam Negeri Nomor 6 Tahun 2008 tentang Kode dan Data Wilayah Administrasi Pemerintahan. Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Regulation Number 6 of 2008
6. West Papua Province Administrative Division Data and Code 2015
7. Undang-Undang tentang Pembentukan Provinsi Papua Barat Daya. Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 29 of 2022
8. MusicBrainz
9. OpenStreetMap
10. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
11. Czech National Authority Database
12. [Source](https://sulut.bps.go.id/id/statistics-table/2/OTU4IzI=/jumlah-penduduk-menurut-provinsi-di-indonesia.html)
13. [Source](https://sumsel.bps.go.id/id/statistics-table/2/NTg4IzI=/jumlah-penduduk-miskin-menurut-provinsi.html)
14. Peraturan Pemerintah tentang Perubahan Nama Provinsi Irian Jaya Barat menjadi Provinsi Papua Barat. Indonesian Government Regulation Number 24 of 2007
15. GeoNames
16. [Source](https://sig.bps.go.id/bridging-kode/)
17. BBC Things
18. Statistics Indonesia Regulation Number 5 Of 2021
19. [Source](https://papuabarat.bpk.go.id/wilayah-pemeriksaan/provinsi-papua-barat/)
20. [Source](https://www.govdirectory.org/indonesia/)
21. [iNaturalist](https://www.inaturalist.org/places/inaturalist-places.csv.zip)
22. KBpedia