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Sentani Languages
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Sentani can refer to several things related to the Sentani region on the north coast of New Guinea in the province of Papua, Indonesia: Places * District of Sentani, administrative centre in Jayapura Regency * Sentani Kota, Sentani, Jayapura, administrative centre of Sentani District * Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport (formerly Sentani International Airport), the airport serving Jayapura * Lake Sentani, a relatively large, oddly-shaped freshwater lake Languages * Sentani language, the language of the Sentani people * Sentani languages * East Bird's Head – Sentani languages East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Mainland Australia, Australia by the wide Torres Strait, though both landmasses lie on the same continental shelf, and were united during episodes of low sea level in the Pleistocene glaciations as the combined landmass of Sahul. Numerous smaller islands are located to the west and east. The island's name was given by Spanish explorer Yñigo Ortiz de Retez during his maritime expedition of 1545 due to the perceived resemblance of the indigenous peoples of the island to those in the Guinea (region), African region of Guinea. The eastern half of the island is the major land mass of the nation of Papua New Guinea. The western half, known as Western New Guinea, forms a part of Indonesia and is organized as the provinces of Pap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papua (province)
Papua is a provinces of Indonesia, 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 the Papuan customary region of Tabi Saireri, and is divided into eight regency (Indonesia), regencies () and one city (''kota''), the latter being the provincial capital of Jayapura. It is bordered by the nation of Papua New Guinea to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the north, Cenderawasih Bay to the west, and the provinces of Central Papua and Highland Papua to the south. The province also shares Maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with Palau in the Pacific. Papua, along with the five other Western New Guinea#Administration, Papuan provinces, has a higher degree of autonomy level compared to other Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian provinces. Before 2003, the province (known as Irian Barat from 1962 to 1973 and Irian Jaya from 1973 to 2002) covered the entirety of Western N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea, Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the List of countries and dependencies by area, 14th-largest country by area, at . With over 280 million people, Indonesia is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fourth-most-populous country and the most populous Islam by country, Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's List of islands by population, most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population. Indonesia operates as a Presidential system, presidential republic with an elected People's Consultative Assembly, legislature and consists of Provinces of Indonesia, 38 provinces, nine of which have Autonomous administrative divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sentani, Jayapura
Sentani is an administrative district (''distrik'') and also a town (''kelurahan'') which serves as the capital of Jayapura Regency, in Papua (province), Indonesia. Sentani District has an area of around 79.80 km2 with a total population in mid 2023 of around 84,648 people, and a population density of around 1,061/km2.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Sentani Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog/Catalog: 1101002.9403230) Meanwhile, the town (''kelurahan'') of Sentani Kota, located some 40 km west of Jayapura City and the site of Sentani International Airport, had 26,634 inhabitants in mid 2023, while adjoining Hinekombe ''kelurahan'' to the west (containing the actual administrative centre of the district, and forming part of the same urban area) had another 27,261 inhabitants in mid 2023, and adjoining Dobonsolo ''kelurahan'' to the south (also part of the same built-up area) had another 15,291 inhabitants in mid 2023. The three ''kelurahan'' together t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sentani Kota, Sentani, Jayapura
Sentani Kota is a town (''kelurahan'') located in the district of Sentani, Jayapura Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia. It lies some 40 kms west of the city of Jayapura, and contains Sentani International Airport, the main port of entry for the province. The adjacent town (''kelurahan'') of Hinekombe - part of the same built-up area - is the location of the administrative seat of Sentani District, while Sentani District is the capital of Jayapura Regency. The town is located to the north of Lake Sentani and to the south of the Cyclops Mountains.Badan Pusat Statistik Kabupaten JayapuraKecamatan Sentani Dalam Angka 2018 In mid 2022 Sentani town had 24,482 inhabitants and Hinekombe town had 21,724 inhabitants. Transportation Sentani is served by Sentani International Airport. The village is linked to Jayapura by a paved highway. Climate Sentani has a tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport
Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport — also known as Sentani International Airport — is an airport serving Jayapura, from DAFIF (effective October 2006) the capital of Papua province, Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea. It is located in the town (''kelurahan'') of Sentani (within the Sentani District), approximately 40 km from downtown Jayapura; the name 'Sentani' is taken from Lake Sentani nearby. It is the easternmost airport in Indonesia, the main hub, and the largest airport on the island of New Guinea. On 14 October 2019, the management of the airport was taken over by PT Angkasa Pura. History Sentani Airport was a part of the large American facilities at Hollandia, now named Jayapura, which was seized from the Japanese during World War II by an American amphibious task force code-named Operation Reckless on 22 April 1944. The area was occupied by the Japanese in April 1942, and by 10 October 1943, the Japanese had built a large complex with two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Sentani
Lake Sentani is a tropical, shallow, and at low-altitude open lake located at the northeast extremity of the Jayapura Regency in the Indonesian province of Papua, about from the provincial capital, Jayapura City. It is located just to the south of the town of Sentani. The lake, which is considered by the local population as the home of the rainbows, is part of the Cyclops Strict Nature Reserve and contains several endemic species of fish. Hydrology Lake Sentani lies at the foot of the Mesozoic mafic and ultramafic rocks of the Cyclops ophiolite mountains in a fault-controlled depression at an elevation of above sea level. Sentani is an irregularly shaped body with approximate maximum length extending from east to west of and, from north to south, of breadth. With a surface area of , Lake Sentani is the largest lake of the Intan Jaya region. Lake Sentani receives its water primarily from direct precipitation with an average annual rainfall around the lake of about , a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sentani Language
Sentani or Buyaka is a Papuan language of Papua. It is spoken in about 30 scattered villages around Lake Sentani. Dialects are East, West, and Central (''Ethnologue''). Phonology Consonants Vowels Central Sentani Central Sentani phonology from Foley (2018): Foley's (2018) classification is: Citations References * External links * Written materials for Sentani are available through Kaipuleohone Kaipuleohone is a digital ethnographic archive that houses audio and visual files, photographs, as well as hundreds of textual material such as notes, dictionaries, and transcriptions relating to small and endangered languages. The archive is stored ... {{Languages of Indonesia Languages of Western New Guinea Sentani languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sentani Languages
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Sentani can refer to several things related to the Sentani region on the north coast of New Guinea in the province of Papua, Indonesia: Places * District of Sentani, administrative centre in Jayapura Regency * Sentani Kota, Sentani, Jayapura, administrative centre of Sentani District * Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport (formerly Sentani International Airport), the airport serving Jayapura * Lake Sentani, a relatively large, oddly-shaped freshwater lake Languages * Sentani language, the language of the Sentani people * Sentani languages * East Bird's Head – Sentani languages East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
