Papua Papua is a province of Indonesia. Following the splitting off of twenty regencies to create the three new provinces of Central Papua, Highland Papua, and South Papua on 30 June 2022, the residual province (which previously comprised most of Western New Guinea) is now restricted to the northern part of that territory and to the islands in Cenderawasah Bay, and is divided into eight regencies (kabupaten) and one city (kota), the latter being the provincial capital of Jayapura