The indigenous peoples of Western New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, commonly called Papuans, are Melanesians. There is genetic evidence for two major historical lineages in New Guinea and neighboring islands: a first wave from the Malay Archipelago perhaps 50,000 years ago when New Guinea and Australia were a single landmass called Sahul and, much later, a wave of Austronesian people from the north who introduced Austronesian languages and pigs about 3,500 years ago. They also left a small but significant genetic trace in many coastal Papuan peoples.
Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jayapura Papua 1963, or Persipura Papua or Persipura, is an Indonesian football club based in Jayapura, Papua. The club was founded in 1963 and currently competes in the Liga 2. Persipura used to always use the Mandala Stadium as their home and to compete in Liga 2 for the 2022–23 season, Persipura use Lukas Enembe Stadium. Persipura Papua is one of the giants of modern football in Indonesia with various league and tournament titles. Persipura is also known as the producer of great footballers from the land of Papua such as Rully Nere, Jack Komboy, Eduard Ivakdalam, Boaz Solossa, Ian Louis Kabes, and Imanuel Wanggai. They are known for playing style relying on the abilities of individual players.
Trigana Air is an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Liga Indonesia Second Division was the fourth level football league in the Indonesian football competition system. This competition, along with First Division and Third Division, is managed by the Amateur League Board of the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI).
Nabire Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the Indonesian province of Central Papua. It covers an area of 12,010.65 km2, and had a population of 129,893 at the 2010 Census and 169,136 at the 2020 Census, comprising 87,688 males and 81,448 females. The official estimate as at mid 2022 was 173,043 - comprising 90,823 males and 82,220 females. The administrative centre is the town of Nabire, which faces onto Cenderawasih Bay.
The 2010–11 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, also known as 2010–11 Liga Ti-Phone Indonesia season, was the sixteenth edition of Liga Indonesia Premier Division since its establishment in 1994. The competition ran from 19 November 2010 to 25 May 2011.
Liga Indonesia Third Division is the fifth level football league in Indonesian football competition system. Currently, this competition, along with First Division and Second Division, is managed by the Amateur League Board of the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI).
Persatuan Sepakbola Biak dan Sekitarnya, commonly known as PSBS Biak, is an Indonesian football club based in Biak Numfor Regency, Papua, Indonesia. The club currently plays in Liga 2.
Persatuan Sepakbola Waropen is an Indonesian football club based in Waropen Regency, Papua, Indonesia. Persewar Waropen has several nickname, namely The Mangrove Pearl. On 22 December 2018, they secured a promotion to Liga 2 from Liga 3.
The 2013 Liga Indonesia Second Division season is the eighteenth edition of Liga Indonesia Second Division since its establishment in 1995. This season is also the last season of this league before dissolved. The competition is managed by Badan Liga Sepakbola Amatir Indonesia.
The 2014 Liga Indonesia First Division season is the last (19th) edition of Liga Indonesia First Division before the league merged with the Liga Nusantara on 2015 season. After removal of Badan Liga Sepakbola Amatir Indonesia (BLAI) First Division this season is managed by PSSI competition committee and further delegated to the PT. Liga Indonesia (LI).
Douw Aturure Nabire Airport also called New Nabire Airport is an airport in Wanggar District, Nabire Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia. This is a newly built airport to replace the old Nabire Airport located in Nabire District, which is located just a few hundred meters away from the city center.
The 2004 Nabire earthquake occurred on November 26 in Papua, Indonesia. The strike-slip event had a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Total deaths for the event amounted to 32, and the total number of injured was 130–213.
Nabire, also known as the District of Nabire, is a town in the Indonesian province of Central Papua, at the western end of New Guinea. The town is the administrative seat of the Nabire Regency. It is served by Douw Aturure Airport.
Yohana Susana Yembise is an Indonesian academician and politician who served as Indonesia's Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection in Joko Widodo's Working Cabinet.
Central Papua, officially the Central Papua Province is an Indonesian province located in the central region of Western New Guinea. It was formally established on 11 November 2022 from the former eight western regencies of the province of Papua. It covers an area of 61,072.92 km2 and had an officially estimated population of 1,430,951 in mid 2022. It is bordered by the Indonesian provinces of West Papua to the west, the residual province of Papua to the north and northeast, by Highland Papua to the east. and by South Papua to the southeast. The administrative capital is located in Wanggar District in Nabire Regency, although Timika is a larger town.
The February 2004 Nabire earthquakes began on February 6 at 06.05 WIT in Papua, Indonesia. The first of three large earthquakes measured 7.0 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw ). It was followed a few days later by two strong shocks, measuring Mw 7.3 and 6.7, respectively. The earthquakes were felt at Nabire with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). At least 37 people were killed and were 682 injured, and over 2,600 buildings were damaged or destroyed.
The 2023 Liga 3 Papua is the sixth edition organized by Asprov PSSI Papua.
Biak United Football Club is an Indonesian football club based at Cendrawasih Stadium, Biak Numfor Regency, Papua. This team competes in the Liga 3 Papua zone.
