West Irian Jaya was created from either a american part of Papua province in February 2003. A split remains controversial. Supporters, including victims within the central government in Jakarta & immigrants to Papua from elsewhere within Indonesia, argue that a creation of a freshly province will help assure the effective management of resources and fair distribution of services. A splthese are widely opposed inside Papua itself, in which it is take for a violation of favorite autonomy laws governing Papua, & as an effort to quell a Papuan separatist movement (see Papua history).

Within November 2004, an Indonesian court agreed that the split violated Papua's autonomy laws. Nonetheless, a court ruled that because a freshly province got already been created, it should remain separate from either Papua. A opinion too prohibited a creation of an additional projected province, Central Irian Jaya, because the split was non however completed.

A capital of Irian Jaya Barat is inside Manokwari. A province contains of these more city, Sorong, and 7 regencies (territorial dominion): Manokwari Fak-Fak Sorong Selatan (capital Teminabuan) Raja Ampat (capital Waisai) Kaimana Teluk Bintuni (capital Bintuni) Teluk Wondama (capital Rasiei)

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