JAYAPURA

or Djajapuraboth: jäˌyəpŭrˈə, formerly Sukarnapurasookärˌnəpoorˈə, town, capital of Papua (Indonesian New Guinea), Indonesia. A regional trade center and seaport, it is on Humboldt Bay (an inlet of the Pacific) near the border of the Australian territory of 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.

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books on: Jayapura  - 45 results

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Bridge or Barrier: Religion, Violence, and Visions for Peace
Book by Gerrie Ter Haar, James J. Busuttil; Brill, 2005
Subjects: Peace--Religious Aspects--Congresses, Violence--Religious Aspects--Congresses
...Papuans were detained and tortured. In Jayapura, at the same time, the army shot dead...student of Cenderawasih University in Jayapura, while wounding seriously a school girl...in Central Highlands of Irian Jaya) (Jayapura: Elsham, 1999). Nama Tanpa Pusara...
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The United Nations and the Indonesian Takeover of West Papua, 1962-1969: The Anatomy of Betrayal
Book by John Saltford; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: United Nations--Indonesia--Papua
...August 1969, the last Assembly met in Jayapura, the provinces capital. In attendance...information on the appointed speakers in Jayapura was sent to him shortly after the final...each of the twenty-six speakers at the Jayapura Assembly. Of these, twelve were members...
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Power Politics and the Indonesian Military
Book by Damien Kingsbury; RoutledgeCurzon, 2003
Subjects: Indonesia--Armed Forces--Political Activity, Indonesia--Politics And Government--1998-, Indonesia--Politics And Government--20th Century, Indonesia--Tentara Nasional--Political Activity
...about thirty-five kilometres from Jayapura, and it is clear that the order for...Hamadi, about three kilometres from Jayapura. All of this is well known, and appears...to log 150,000 hectares of forest in Jayapura and Sorong. PT Hanuratas shares are...
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Emerging Class in Papua New Guinea: The Telling of Difference
Book by Deborah B. Gewertz, Frederick K. Errington; Cambridge University Press, 1999
Subjects: Social Classes--Papua New Guinea--Wewak, Wewak (Papua New Guinea)--Social Conditions
...revolution that SWITs ambassadors would enter Jayapura to claim their rightful place in the...initially had signed up to go attended the Jayapura trade fair. Because we left the field...provincial government Participation at 1996 Jayapura Expo, 1996 . Though many traveled by...
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Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics - Vol. 14
Book by Keith Brown, Anne H. Anderson, Laurie Bauer, Margie Berns, Graeme Hirst, Jim Miller; Elsevier, 2006
Subjects: Language And Languages--Encyclopedias, Linguistics--Encyclopedias
...Chad. Tobati Ittil: Enggros, Humboldt Jotafa, Jayapura, Jotafa, Tobwadic, Yautefa, Yotafa. Austronesian...Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Sarmi-Jayapura Bay, Jayapura Bay. 350: Indonesia (Papua). Tobelo tlb. West...
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journal articles on: Jayapura  - 32 results

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Dress and Ethnic Identity in Irian Jaya
Journal article by Michael C. Howard; SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 15, 2000
Subjects: Fashion--Social aspects
...concentrated around the northern towns of Jayapura, Biak, and Manokwari, and in the highlands...of womens barkcloth dresses around the Jayapura-Sentani area, Van der Sande (1907...as Serui, Manokwari, and Hollandia (Jayapura) were small and largely inhabited by...
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Cargoism in Irian Jaya Today
Journal article by Benny Giay, Jan A. Godschalk; Oceania, Vol. 63, 1993
Subjects: Cargo movement--Demographic aspects, Collective settlements--Religious aspects, Indonesia--Demographic aspects, Salvation--Demographic aspects
...school teacher. In 1968 he went to Jayapura for further training, and got sick with...back to Irian Jaya and went straight to Jayapura in April 1989. With two other people...Yawudi Nota.(6) During a meeting in Jayapura in May 1989, he told the Me leaders...
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Mutual Respect, Friendship and Co-Operation? the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea Border and Its. Effects on Relations Between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia
Journal article by R. J. May; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 19, 1987
Subjects: Asia, Asia--Intellectual Life, Asia--Politics And Government
...events and assured him that things in Jayapura were "normal," even though residents...Guinea side of the border confirmed that Jayapura was in darkness and its government radio...because of lack of funds and the Vanimo-Jayapura "hot-line" had been out of service...
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West Papua: Our Questionable Aid: Maire Leadbeater Criticises New Zealand's Approach to the Provision of Aid to Indonesia, and Calls for Respect for the Wishes of the West Papuan People
Journal article by Maire Leadbeater; New Zealand International Review, Vol. 35, 2010
Subjects: Humanitarian aid--Military aspects, Humanitarian aid--Political aspects, Indonesian foreign relations--Military aspects, Indonesian foreign relations--Political aspects, Indonesian foreign relations--Social aspects, New Zealand foreign relations--Military aspects, New Zealand foreign relations--Political aspects, New Zealand foreign relations--Social aspects, West Papua, Indonesia (Province)--Military aspects, West Papua, Indonesia (Province)--Political aspects, West Papua, Indonesia (Province)--Social aspects
...indigenous Papuans) attended a workshop in Jayapura at which participants were told how New...record how the police area commander in Jayapura asked for New Zealand assistance with...run market-place craft enterprises in Jayapura, and the Oxfam New Zealand livelihood...
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Possession in Irarutu
Journal article by Rene Van Den Berg, Takashi Matsumura; Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 47, 2008
Subjects: Austronesian languages--Terminology
...Hartzler and LaLani Wood, 37-74. Jayapura: Universitas Cenderawasih and SIL...Hartzler and LaLani Wood, 75-110. Jayapura: Universitas Cenderawasih and SIL...between SIL and Universitas Cenderawasih in Jayapura. He wishes to thank all the Irarutu...
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magazine articles on: Jayapura  - 8 results

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The Deforesting of Irian Jaya
Magazine article by Russ W. Baker; The Nation, Vol. 258, February 7, 1994
Subjects: Deforestation--Environmental aspects, Irian Jaya, Indonesia--Environmental aspects, Suharto--Environmental policy
...waits for no one. One hundred sixty miles north of Wamena, in Jayapura, a costal boomtown and the capital of Irian Jaya, one finds...wet early morining drive through the coastal jungle west of Jayapura, I passed traditional wooden houses on stilts and villagers...
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Indonesia and West Papua
Magazine article by Charles Foster; Contemporary Review, Vol. 282, February 2003
Subjects: National liberation movements--International aspects, West Papua, Indonesia--Political aspects
...and objectively by Elsham, a human rights organisation in Jayapura. Elsham concluded that the killings were the work of the Indonesian...extension, social) apartheid. Most of the shops in the capital, Jayapura, are owned by these non-Papuan migrants. The transmigrants...
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The Continuing Crisis
Magazine article by R. Emmett Tyrell Jr.; The American Spectator, Vol. 35, July 2002
...owing in part to his musky good looks and to his proven capacity, while in the Clinton White House, to deceive the press. In Jayapura, Indonesia, authorities have shut down Mr. Donce Sunbonos illegal penis-enlarging clinic, possibly out of fear for the...
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Freed in Iraq, Japanese Hostages Experience Second Ordeal at Home
Magazine article by John Gee; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 23, July 2004
Subjects: Court hearings & proceedings, East Asia, Hostages, Iraq, Japan
...2001, Theys Eluay, a respected pro-independence campaigner, accepted a dinner invitation at the Kopassus headquarters in Jayapura, West Papuas capital. He was abducted a few minutes after leaving and his body discovered the next day. Seven Kopassus soldiers...
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Defying Gravity
Magazine article by Peter Carey; The World Today, Vol. 57, August 2001
Subjects: Economic conditions, Government, Indonesia, Politics
...inspired Irian Jaya, and provide $88,000 of government money for a three thousand-strong Papuan Peoples Congress in Jayapura in May last year. This resulted in a declaration that the territory had never legitimately been part of Indonesia and was...
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newspaper articles on: Jayapura  - 5 results

 
 
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Enforcing Law a Wide Challenge
Newspaper article by Ian Timberlake; The Washington Times, June 1, 2001
...national police officers at Polres Jayapura. Superintendent Sihombing and his...responsible for public safety in Jayapura, the capital of Indonesias Irian...Merauke, before being posted to Jayapura in November 1999. The interview...
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Indonesian Province Seeks Self-Rule
Newspaper article by Ian Timberlake; The Washington Times, June 1, 2001
...province seeks self-rule by Ian Timberlake JAYAPURA, Indonesia - Stone steps hacked into...of the University of Cenderawasih in Jayapura. Mr. Wospakrik, 51, belongs to a...rights investigators found that police in Jayapura executed one man and committed widespread...
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Papuans Face Sedition Charges
Newspaper article by Ian Timberlake; The Washington Times, May 15, 2001
Subjects: Indonesia
Papuans face sedition charges by Ian Timberlake JAYAPURA, Indonesia - Five separatist leaders in resource-rich...wide section of society met in the provincial capital, Jayapura, in June. They said their territory has been independent...
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Egypt Blames Israel
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 17, 2002
Subjects: Egypt, Israel
...independence. Mr. Boyce talked with members of the Papua Presidium in a private meeting in a restaurant in the provincial capital of Jayapura, a U.S. Embassy spokesman told Agence France-Presse. The United States supports new autonomy provisions granted by the...
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Indonesia's Papua in Environmental Peril
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 13, 2009
Indonesias Papua in Environmental Peril. JAYAPURA, Indonesia, November 12, 2009 (AFP) - Logging and agribusiness are increasingly threatening environmental destruction in Indonesias...


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encyclopedia articles on: Jayapura  - 5 results

 
 
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Jayapura
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JAYAPURA or Djajapura both: ja y pur , formerly Sukarnapura sookar n poor , town, capital of Papua (Indonesian New Guinea), Indonesia...
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Humboldt Bay
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HUMBOLDT BAY see Jayapura , Indonesia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Hollandia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HOLLANDIA see Jayapura , Indonesia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Djajapura
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DJAJAPURA see Jayapura . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Papua , Province, Indonesia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...most of the western half of New Guinea and a number of offshore islands, it is Indonesias largest province. The capital is Jayapura (formerly Hollandia). A rugged, densely forested region, with snow-capped mountains rising to over 16,500 ft (5...


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