Jayapura
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A workers mural in Jayapura, Indonesia |
Jayapura City (
Indonesian:
Kota Jayapura) is the capital of
Papua province,
Indonesia, on the island of
New Guinea. The approximate population in
2002 was 200,000.
From
1910 to
1962 the city was known as
Hollandia and was the capital of a district of the same name in the northeast of West New Guinea. In 1945 the
Dutch made it the capital of
Netherlands New Guinea. After the handing over of Netherlands New Guinea to the UN it became
Kota Baru from
October 1,
1962 and then, when Indonesia took control over the territory on
May 1,
1963. The city was renamed
Sukarnopura, after President
Sukarno, until the end of
1968 when it acquired its present name. The literal meaning of this name is 'City of Victory' (
Sanskrit Jaya: "Victory", Pura: "City")
Sited on
Teluk Yos Sudarso (then known as
Humboldt Bay) the area saw considerable activity during
World War II. Occupied by the
Japanese in April
1942, it was liberated by
U.S. forces on
April 22 1944. A U.S. Navy base was established there on
June 7,
1944. The area served as
General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters until the conquest of the
Philippines in March
1945.
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Jayapura: the name of a regency (
kabupaten), with its capital in
Sentani, 33 km from Jayapura City. Its size is 61,493 km²; it has 24 districts (
kecamatan) and 261 villages. The area has
megalithic stone monuments.
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Jayapura: a village in
Sri Lanka in the Thampalagamuwa divisional secretary's division of Trincomalee district. The village of Jayapura had a population of 204 families in 1980.
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A small tour of Jayapura
