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Area
: 421,981
sq. km.
Capital :
Jayapura
is the
capital and the biggest city of this eastern most province. It
is a neat and pleasant city , built on the slope of a hill
overlooking the bay. General Douglas Mc Arthur's World War II
quarters still stand here. The Museum Jayapura is located inside
the Cendrawasih University campus. Tanjung Ria beach known as
base the Allies during the WW II, is a popular holiday resort
with facilities for water sports.
Borders:
Pacific Ocean on the north, Arafuru Sea on the south, Papua New
Guinea on the east, Province of Maluku on the west.
Phypsical
Features :
This province is made up of half of the entire island of Irian
(Guinea). The area is covered by a mountain range with steep
slopes Warenai, Waipoga, Maro, Kamundan, Abais, and Kumbe.
Mountains :
Jayawijaya with Jaya Peak, Trikora, Yamin, mountain range of
Kaimana in Fak-Fak, mountain range of Arfak in Monokwari,
mountain range of Ciklops in Jayapura.
Lakes : Sentani, Ronbebai, Paniai and Tigi.
Humidity : 84%.
Rainfall : between 2,000-3,000 mm per year.
Irian Jaya / West Papua is a province in the easternmost, the
largest area of Indonesia. It is an area of the world so remote,
rugged and diverse but its people can convey such a sense of
unity and friendship. You will find them very warm and
accommodating. There are over 250 different tribes of Irian Jaya,
each with their own language, lifestyle and culture. The
traditional of the indigenous in Jayawijaya and Paniai regencies
will remind you of the stone age besides those in the coastal
areas with their unique and nicest attractions.
FLORA
AND FAUNA
Flora:
Metroxilon, rhizopora, casuarina and araukaria. Fauna :
Marsupial, phallangers, macropus, petaurus, paradise birds,
casuarius, parrots, cockatoos and crocodile.
POPULATION
2,219,500
(2000). Density : 6 persons per sq. km (2000).
The
original nature still offers you to see the incredible
wilderness wonderland with its contents, such as the greatest
tract of undisturbed tropical rainforest in the world, the
extreme diversity of fauna and flora and one of only three
places in the world with equatorial glacier fields. The other
unique of Irian Jaya is that Irian Jaya has over 650 different
species of birds, among others are birds of paradise, bower
birds, crowned pigeons, cassowary, etc., as well as the beauty
of the colorful marine life.
Papua
is covering by large rainforest growing of about 75% of the
area, with thousands of unique flora and fauna. Other prevailing
ecosystems include steamy mangrove forest and savannah right
through to alpine highlands with snow-capped mountains. Wildlife
abounds and includes some of the most interesting creatures
known to man. This also holds true with the magical beauty of
West Papua's coastal underwater world, which hosts some truly
amazing coral reefs.
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