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.

1 History
2 Associated town
3 Other uses of Jayapura
4 External links

[edit] History

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. The area served as General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters until the conquest of the Philippines in March 1945. Over twenty U.S. bases were established and half a million US personnel moved through the area^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Associated town

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

[edit] Other uses of Jayapura

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.
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.

Coordinates: 2°32′S 140°42′E