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or formerly Iri·an Ja·ya ˈir-ē-ˌän-ˈjī-ä ; or West Irian or earlier Netherlands New Guinea
territory of Indonesia comprising the W half of New Guinea & adjacent islands; belonged to the Netherlands until 1963 capital Jayapura area 162,927 square miles (421,981 square kilometers ), population 1,648,708