West Papua may refer to: *

Western New Guinea Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly Dutch and granted to Indonesia in 1962. Given the island is alternatively named Papua, the region ...

, the western half of the island of New Guinea administered by Indonesia *

West Papua (province) West Papua (), formerly Irian Jaya Barat (West Irian), is an Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province located in Indonesia Western New Guinea, Papua. It covers most of the two western peninsulas of the island of New Guinea: the eastern half ...

, an Indonesian province comprising half of the Bird's Head Peninsula, the Bomberai Peninsula, and adjacent islands *

Republic of West Papua The Republic of West Papua (), alternatively known as the Federal Republic of West Papua (, RFPB) is a proto state consisting of the Western New Guinea region, which is currently part of Indonesia on the continent of Oceania. The region has been ...

, a purported state seeking the independence of Western New Guinea from Indonesia

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