South Papua

Province in Western New Guinea, Indonesia

South Papua, officially the South Papua Province (Indonesian: Provinsi Papua Selatan), is an Indonesian province located in the southern portion of Papua, following the borders of the Papuan customary region of Anim Ha. Formally established on 25 July 2022 and including the four most southern regencies that were previously part of the province of Papua and before 11 December 2002 had been a single larger Merauke Regency, it covers a land area of 117,849.16 km², about the same area as Pennsylvania or Kirov Oblast (or 90% of that of England). This area had a population of 513,617 at the 2020 Census, while the official estimate as at mid 2025 was 549,650 (285,040 males and 264,610 females), making it the least populous province in Indonesia.

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