History Papua is the largest and easternmost province of Indonesia, comprising most of western new Guinea. Papua is bordered by the nation of Papua New Guinea to the east, and by west Papua province to the west. Since 2002, Papua province has special autonomy status, making it a special region. It's capital is Jayapura. It was formerly called Irian Jaya(and earlier West Irian) and comprised all of Indonesian New Guinea. In 2002 the current name was adopted and in 2003 West Papua province was created from western parts of Papua province. Goverment Governor: Lukas Enembe Vice Governorf : Klemen Tinalf Demographics Religion Christianity: 83,15% Islam : 15,88% Hinduism : 0,09% buddhism : 0,05% Other : 0,82% Languanges Indonesia and Papua Austronesian Languanges Unique things ...