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Jayapura
(Encyclopedia)Jayapura or Djajapura so͞okärˌnəpo͝orˈə [key], town, capital of Papua (Indonesian New Guinea), Indonesia. A regional trade center and seaport, it is on Yos Sudarso Bay (formerly Humboldt Bay; a...trusteeship, territorial
(Encyclopedia)trusteeship, territorial, system of UN control for territories that were not self-governing. It replaced the mandates of the League of Nations. Provided for under chapters 12 and 13 of the Charter of ...equatorial coordinate system
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Equatorial coordinate system equatorial coordinate system, the most commonly used astronomical coordinate system for indicating the positions of stars or other celestial objects on the celesti...Konakry
(Encyclopedia)Konakry: see Conakry, Guinea.Netherlands New Guinea
(Encyclopedia)Netherlands New Guinea: see Papua.Bissagos Islands
(Encyclopedia)Bissagos Islands: see Guinea-Bissau. ...Pereira, Aristides Maria
(Encyclopedia)Pereira, Aristides Maria ärĭshˈtēdĭsh märēˈä pərāˈrä [key], 1923–2011, first president of Cape Verde. In the late 1940s he became an activist in the struggle against Portuguese colonial...Kaiser-Wilhelmsland
(Encyclopedia)Kaiser-Wilhelmsland: see Papua New Guinea. ...Dutch New Guinea
(Encyclopedia)Dutch New Guinea: see Papua, Indonesia. ...West New Guinea
(Encyclopedia)West New Guinea: see Papua, Indonesia. ...Browse by Subject
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