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Nueva Guinea Neerlandesa

Also known as Nederlands-Nieuw-Guinea, Dutch New Guinea

1949–1962 Dutch possession in Southeast Asia

Key facts

1955: 321,000
Status: Colony of the Netherlands (1949–1954), Overseas territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1954–1962)
Capital: Hollandia
Common languages: Dutch , Papuan Malay , Papuan languages , Austronesian languages
Religion: Christianity , Papuan religion , Islam
1949 1962: Juliana
1950 1953 first: Stephan Lucien Joseph van Waardenburg
1958 1962 last: Pieter Johannes Platteel
Legislature: New Guinea Council
Historical era: Cold War
Established: 27 December 1949
Disestablished: 1 October 1962

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1660 establishments in the Dutch Empire 1824 establishments in the Dutch East Indies 1949 establishments in the Dutch Empire 1962 disestablishments in Asia Dutch New Guinea Former Christian states Former colonies in Asia Former country articles using status text with Colony or Exile Former Dutch colonies History of Western New Guinea Indonesia articles missing geocoordinate data

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Total

421,981 km (162,928 sq mi)

Currency

NNG gulden

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Official name: Nederlands-Nieuw-Guinea
Area: 420540
Image: NetherlandsNewGuinea-1916.jpg

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dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1962-01-01
inception: 1949-01-01
Commons category: Netherlands New Guinea
native label: Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea

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