Jayapura or Djajapura (both: jä'yəpŭr`ə), formerly Sukarnapura (s
kär'nəp
r`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.
..... Click the link for more information. (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
kär'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...... Click the link for more information. (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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