''Cenderawasih Pos'' (''The

Cenderawasih Cenderawasih or cendrawasih may refer to: * ''Paradisaea'', a genus of birds of paradise known in Indonesian as "cenderawasih" * Cendrawasih (dance), a Balinese dance inspired by the bird of paradise * Cenderawasih Bay, a large bay in Western Papua ...

Post'') is a daily

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

published in

Jayapura Jayapura (formerly Dutch: ''Hollandia'') is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Papua. It is situated on the northern coast of New Guinea island and covers an area of . The city borders the Pacific Ocean and Yos Sudarso ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. The paper is the major paper of Jayapura and

Papua province Papua is a province of Indonesia, comprising the northern coast of Western New Guinea together with island groups in Cenderawasih Bay to the west. It roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Tabi Saireri. It is bordered by the ...

. It is owned by

Jawa Pos Group Jawa may refer to: Places Southeast Asia *Java ( jv, Jawa), the most populous and fifth-largest island in Indonesia and the site of its capital, Jakarta **East Java, also called Jawa Timur, a province on the Indonesian island of Java **Central Ja ...

and become a part of Jawa Pos News Network (JPNN). ''Cenderawasih Pos'' was first published as ''SKM Cenderawasih'' on 28 October 1962; "SKM" itself means ''Surat Kabar Mingguan'' (weekly newspaper), indicating its periodical type. On 1 March 1993, Jawa Pos Group bought the paper, slightly changed its name and turned the paper into a daily publication. Since 2018, ''Cenderawasih Pos'' began its online presence.

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