IPapua yisifundazwe sase-Indonesia esisesiqhingini esisentshonalanga yeNew Guinea.
IPapua ivame ukubizwa ngokuthi iWest Papua ngoba iPapua ingabhekisa kuso sonke isiqhingi saseNew Guinea kubandakanya nengxenye esempumalanga yezwe elingumakhelwane, i-East New Guinea noma iPapua New Guinea. I-West Papua yigama elikhethwa ngabashisekeli bezwe abafuna ukuzehlukanisa ne-Indonesia futhi bakhe izwe labo. Lesi sifundazwe phambilini besaziwa ngeWest Irian kusukela ngo-1969 kuya ku-1973, igama labe selishintshwa laba ngu-Irian Jaya nguSoeharto ngenkathi ethula imayini yethusi negolide yaseFreeport, okuyigama elahlala lisetshenziswa ngokusemthethweni kwaze kwaba ngu-2002. Igama lalesi sifundazwe lashintshwa laba. I-Papua ngokuhambisana noMthetho No. 21/2001 Special Autonomy for Papua. Ngesikhathi sobukoloni bamaDashi, le ndawo yayibizwa ngokuthi iDutch New Guinea.Umsuka wegama elithi Irian lithi Joyina iRiphabhulikhi yase-Indonesia Anti-Netherland.
Igama elithi Papua ngokwalo livela kuMalay okusho izinwele ezigoqene, incazelo ebhekisela ekubukekeni ngokomzimba kwezizwe zomdabu.
Ngo-2004, ihambisana nemibhikisho eyahlukene, iPapua yahlukaniswa yaba izifundazwe ezimbili nguhulumeni wase-Indonesia Ingxenye esempumalanga yagcina igama elithi Papua kuyilapho ingxenye esentshonalanga yaba iWest Irian Jaya manje esesiFundazweni saseWest Papua.
IJografi
- Indawo
- Indawo 420,540 km
- Isimo sezulu
- Imvula 1,800 3,000 mm
- Izinga lokushisa lomoya 19-28 C
- Umswakamo 80 %
Amaqembu ezizwe zomdabu ePapua
Amaqembu ezizwe zomdabu ePapua ahlanganisa izizwe ezingu-255, ngasinye sinolimi oluhlukile. Lezi zizwe zihlanganisa:
- Anus
- Amungme
- I-Asmat
- I-Ayamaru, ihlala endaweni yase-Sorong
- Bauzi
- Zalisa
- Dani
- Empur, ihlala ezindaweni zase-Kebar nase-Amberbaken
- IHatam, ihlala ezindaweni zaseRansiki nase-Oransbari
- Yebo
- e-Comoros
- Mee, hlala endaweni yezintaba zasePaniai
- UMeyakh, uhlala eManokwari City
- I-Moskona, ihlala endaweni yaseMerdei
- Nafri
- I-Sentani, ihlala ngaseLake Sentani
- I-Souk, ihlala ezindaweni zase-Anggi naseManyambouw
- Waropen
- I-Wamesa ihlala endaweni eseningizimu ye-Wondawa Bay (wandamen)
- Muyu
- Phenduka
- Enggros
- I-Korowai
- Fuyu