New Guinea (Tok Pisin: Niugini; Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Indonesian: Papua, fossilized Nugini, [a] also known as Papua or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of …

Nov 8, 2025 · Papua is a province of Indonesia on the western half of the island of New Guinea. It is one of four provinces established in 2022 when the former, larger Papua province was divided.

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The Indonesian part of New Guinea is known as Papua. It was formerly called West Irian and Irian Jaya, and is also referred to as Western New Guinea or West Papua. Papua is the largest and …

Sep 16, 2025 · Fifty years after independence, Papua New Guinea reflects on its nationhood, from democratic progress to ongoing struggles for unity and growth.

2 days ago · Papua New Guinea will advance reforms to strengthen revenues, facilitate trade, grow jobs, and better protect communities from disasters following the World Bank Board’s …

Papua, also known as Western New Guinea and formerly Irian Jaya, is the easternmost part of Indonesia. It comprises the western half of the island of New Guinea, the world's largest and …

It has a land border with Indonesia to the west and maritime borders with Australia to the south and the Solomon Islands to the east. Its capital is Port Moresby. The country's 462,840 km 2 …

3 days ago · Geographical and historical treatment of Papua New Guinea, an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It encompasses the eastern half of New Guinea, the world’s …

Papua New Guinea lies in the southwest Pacific, just south of the equator and about 100 miles northeast of Australia.