Southwest Papua is a province of Indonesia, recorded in GeoNames as a first-order administrative division of the country. GeoNames places its reference point at latitude -0.87125 and longitude 131.28162 and gives it a population of 603,054. GeoNames names Sorong as the seat of the division, and the atlas holds Sorong as a city with its capital-of edge written to this province. The atlas files Southwest Papua among the provinces of the world, within Indonesia in South-eastern Asia.
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1. GeoNames: Southwest Papua (ADM1)
GeoNames page, Population
Population 603,054
Part Of: Indonesia, GeoNames hierarchy line
Indonesia ID
On Continent: Asia, GeoNames hierarchy line
Asia › Indonesia ID
In Group: Provinces (World), GeoNames feature code
Feature code A ADM1
View the Source2. Southwest Papua (Wikipedia)
Lead, creationQuote, Lead, creation
it became the 38th province in Indonesia with effect from 8 December 2022
GeoNames: Sorong
Has Capital: Sorong, Feature codeQuote, Has Capital: Sorong, Feature code
Feature code P PPLA
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