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Jayapura

Also known as Hollandia

Jayapura is the capital of the Indonesian province of Papua, on Yos Sudarso Bay on the north coast of New Guinea, near the border with Papua New Guinea. Founded by the Dutch in 1910 as Hollandia, it was the capital of Netherlands New Guinea and in 1944, after its capture from the Japanese, served as General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters. It received its present name in the 1960s.

Jayapura
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Brandenburger Gold CoastNetherlands New Guinea

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Jayapura. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jayapura
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