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Netherlands New Guinea

LC control no.n 80066830
Geographic headingNetherlands New Guinea
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Variant(s)Dutch New Guinea
Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea
Netherland New Guinea
Nederlandsch Nieuw-Guinee
See alsoIrian Barat (Indonesia)
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Special noteSUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under Papua (Indonesia).
In 1963 Dutch New Guinea became Irian Barat, which in 1973 changed its name to Irian Jaya.
Found inIts Official nieuwsblad ... Aug. 1951.
GEOnet, June 3, 2003 (Papua [short form], Provinsi--ADM1, 05°00ʹS 138°00ʹE, variants: West New Guinea; West Irian; Tanah Papua; Nieuw-Guinee; Nieuw-Guinea; Netherlands New Guinea; Netherland New Guinea; Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea; Nederlandsch Nieuw-Guinee; Irian Jaya, Propinsi; Irian Barat, Propinsi; Irian Barat, Daerah Tinghat I; Irian Barat; Irian; Dutch New Guinea); ID09)
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