Jayapura
Americannoun
noun
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Yeimo, 38, who is the international spokesman of the West Papua National Committee, was arrested in the provincial capital of Jayapura on Sunday and is being questioned, said national police spokesman Iqbal Alqudusy.
From Reuters • May 10, 2021
Two other defendants, Irwanus Uropmabin and Ferry Gombo, who were university students in Jayapura, were sentenced to 10 months in jail.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2020
The pilot, Joyce Chaisin Lin, 40, of Ohio, apparently had technical problems two minutes after takeoff from Sentani airport in the provincial capital of Jayapura, Papua police spokesman Ahmad Musthofa Kamal said.
From Washington Times • May 12, 2020
“This is a hoax, and I call on people in Papua not to be provoked by untrue news,” Chief Rodja told reporters in Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2019
Pacific Island history is encapsulated for me in an incident that happened when three Indonesian friends and I walked into a store in Jayapura, the capital of Indonesian New Guinea.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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