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Jayapura

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Jayapura or Djajapura (both: jä'yəpŭr`ə), formerly Sukarnapura (skär'nəpr`ə), town, capital of Papua Papua , Irian Jaya , or West Papua, province (1990 pop. 1,641,430, including West Irian Jaya), c.162,000 sq mi (419,580 sq km, including West Irian Jaya), Indonesia.
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 (Indonesian New Guinea), Indonesia. A regional trade center and seaport, it is on Yos Sudarso Bay (formerly Humboldt Bay; an inlet of the Pacific) near the border with Papua New Guinea. Occupied by the Japanese in World War II, it was liberated by U.S. forces in Apr., 1944, and served as General MacArthur's headquarters. Another former name was Hollandia.
Jayapura, Djajapura
a port in NE Indonesia, capital of Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), on the N coast. Pop.: 155 548 (2000)


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The Twin Otter, owned by Merpati Nusantara airline, was heading to Oksibil, near the border with Papua New Guinea, from Sentani airport near Jayapura, said Y.
The Merpati Nusantara Airlines plane crashed into a mountain range Sunday as it flew from Jayapura to Oksibil.
The propeller-driven Twin Otter plane crashed into a mountain range on Sunday on its way from Jayapura, the provincial capital, to Oksibil town near the border with Papua New Guinea.
 
 
 
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