PAPUA PROVINCE PROFILE
- NAME : Papua
- CAPITAL : Jayapura
- AREA : 319,036.05 km2
- POPULATION : (2014) 3,486,432
- Ethnicity : (2002) Papuan Native Tribes (52%), Newcomers (48%)
- Religions : Christianity (83.15%), Islam (15.88%), Hinduism (0.09%), Buddhism (0.05%), Other (0.82%)
- DETAILS OF TOP OFFICIALS
- Governor : Lukas Enembe
- Vice Governor : Klemen Tinal
In Papua, rice is the main food crop, other agriculture products include cassava, sweet potatoes, soybeans, corn (maize), green beans, peanuts (groundnuts), palm oil, cocoa, and nutmeg. Papua also has a notable fisheries products namely finfish, shrimp, oysters and other shellfish, sea cucumbers, and seaweed.
Mining contributes the largest to Papua’s economy, although only employs small portion of the population. One of the world’s biggest deposits of copper and gold ore is located at Tembagapura, in the west-central part of the province. Petroleum is also extracted in the area.
- MAJOR AREAS OF INDUSTRY
- Rice
- Corn
- Cassava
- Sweet potato
- Wild caught fish
