What two countries have ownership of New Guinea? I tried to search this on google but I got nothing. Thank you!
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No. Papua New Guinea is a country officially called the Independent State of Papua New Guinea and it is located on the island of New Guinea.
The island of New Guinea is divided almost in half by two different countries. Papua New Guinea covers the eastern half is part of Indonesia.
Indonesia's province of Papua covered the entire western half until recently. That changed in 2003 when the Indonesian government split Papua Province into two provinces. The westernmost part of the island, around Bird's Head Peninsula, was originally named West Irian Jaya, but it is now called West Papua (province).
The island of New Guinea is divided almost in half by two different countries. Papua New Guinea covers the eastern half is part of Indonesia.
Indonesia's province of Papua covered the entire western half until recently. That changed in 2003 when the Indonesian government split Papua Province into two provinces. The westernmost part of the island, around Bird's Head Peninsula, was originally named West Irian Jaya, but it is now called West Papua (province).
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i think yes but they might have been a different when the nation was a colony, i read in wikipedia the northern half of the country was once known as German New Guinea.the southern part was known as British New Guinea the the territory of Papua under Australian administration.Wikipedia explains it all under the entry Papua New Guinea