WEST PAPUA PROVINCE PROFILE
- NAME : West Papua
- CAPITAL : Manokwari
- AREA : 140,375.62 km2
- POPULATION : (2014) 877,437
- Ethnicity : (Melanesian, Papuan (51.5%), Javanese (14.8%), Bugis(5.3%), Ambonese (4.4%), Butonese (4.1%), Makassar(2.3%), Kei (2.2%), Toraja(1.8%), Minahasa (1.8%), Seram (1.3%), Flores (1%), Sundanese (1%), Batak (1%), Ternate (0.9%), Chinese(0.3%), Gorontaloan (0.2%), Madurese (0.2%), Betawi(0.1%), Bantenese (0.1%), Lampung (0.1%), Balinese(0.1%), Sasak (0.1%), Dayak(0.1%), Minangkabau (0.1%), Foreign (0.1%), Others ( Tobelo, ... etc ) (5.5%)
- Religions : Protestantism (53.77%), Islam(38.4%), Roman Catholicism(7.03%), Hinduism (0.11%), Buddhism (0.08%)
- DETAILS OF TOP OFFICIALS
- Governor : DominggusMandacan
- Vice Governor : Mohammad Lakotani
Half of the population engaged in agriculture industry and is the mainstay of the economy. Agriculture products of West Papua are rice, cassava, yams, soybeans, corn (maize), nutmeg, oil palm fruit, and cocoa. Manufacture industry also contributed to the economy of West Papua, with the products include processed foods and beverages, wood products, print media, and transport machinery. Mining industry also flourished through the region which is rich in copper, gold, nickel, and other minerals.
- MAJOR AREAS OF INDUSTRY
- Cocoa
- Palm oil
- Coffee beans
- Ponds and aquaculture cultivation
- Tourism
