🏟️ West Irian Liberation Monument

Indonesia · Asia · 6.17°S, 106.83°E

West Irian Liberation Monument is a postwar modernist monument located in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is located in the center of Lapangan Banteng in Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta. Sukarno, then President of Indonesia, commissioned the monument in 1963 following the West New Guinea dispute in which Indonesia received the territory of Western New Guinea from the Netherlands.

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Country	Indonesia
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	6.17°S, 106.83°E · view on map

West Irian Liberation Monument is located in Indonesia, in Asia.

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