Papuaball

Papuaball, formerly known as West Irianball and Irian Jayaball, is a provinceball of . It used to be the largest province of Indonesiaball until 2022 when almost all of its clay was split into three, which are Central Papuaball, Highland Papuaball, and South Papuaball.
As a result, it led to Central Kalimantanball to take its spot in the provinceballs ranking by clay size. However, it can into keeping its northern clay. 
Just like the other Indonesian provinces of New Guinea, it can into separatists. 
== History ==
=== Pre-Colonial Period ===
Civilization on the island of New Guinea is estimated to have begun between 42,000 and 48,000 years ago. Over the years, it developed many cultures and languages, mainly because of isolation from rest of the world.
Around 500 AD, a Chinese merchant came to Papua and named it Tungki, an area where they obtained many spices. In the latter half of 600 AD, Srivijayaball called the island as Janggi. Srivijayaball engaged in trade relations with western New Guinean natives, initially taking items like sandalwood and birds-of-paradise in tribute to Southern Qiball, but it would later turn the native Papuans into slaves. Around 700 AD, traders from Abbasid Persiaball and Gujaratball began to arrive in what is now Papua and named the island Dwi Panta or Samudrananta. During the 14th century, Papua was said to be the 8th region of Majapahitball.
=== Colonial Period ===
On 16 May 1545, the Spanish Empireball took a lot of its clay, in the process giving the island the name by which it is known today, via the name Nueva Guinea. The reason why the Spanish Empireball gave the island that name is because the local people in the island look similar to the people of modern-day Guineaball and its surrounding areas in Africa. In 1660, the Netherlandsball can into recognizings Tidore Sultanateball's ownership of the island, but the Netherlandsball called the island as its clay. Due the Netherlandsball's increasing presence, Spainball left the island in 1663. 
At one point when the Netherlandsball was enjoying its time, it noticed about the UKball's presence on the area, which led to the Netherlandsball proclaiming that its area is its clay. Around that time, the UKball took over southeastern New Guinea, later known as the Territory of Papua, and soon, the German Empireball took over the northeastern parts of the island. The 3 empires attempted to suppress the traditional practices in their clay. In 1901, the Netherlandsball purchased a bunch of clay of the western side of New Guinea from the Tidore Sultanateball, placing its clay into its territory, the Dutch East Indiesball.
=== Modern Era ===
Following the Indonesian National Revolution, the Netherlandsball recognized the United States of Indonesiaball's independence, the successor state to the Dutch East Indiesball, on 27 December 1949. However, the Dutch refused to include Netherlands New Guineaball into Indonesiaball and attempted to make it an independent countryball. In response to Indonesian aggression, the Netherlandsball ramped up its efforts to prepare the native Papuans for their future in 1959. Instead of a referendum of the 816,000 Papuans, only 1022 Papuan tribal representatives were allowed to vote, and a lot of them were in favor of integration with Indonesiaball. Following the Act of Free Choice plebiscite in 1969 and the results of the election, Western New Guinea was given to Indonesiaball.
On June 30, 2022, a lot of Papuaball's clay was taken away and split into 3 new provinces, which are Central Papuaball, Highland Papuaball, and South Papuaball.
==Gallery==
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==See also==
Category:Indonesiaball
Category:Indonesian Speaking Countryball
Category:Asia
Category:Southeast Asia
Category:Provinceballs of Indonesiaball
Category:Provinceballs
Category:Islam
Category:Sunni
Category:Christian
Category:Protestant
Category:Smile
Category:Oceania
Category:Island Countryball