The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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The result was: promoted by
Bruxton (
talk) 01:18, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
Postage stamp commemorating the 1961 Indonesian census
... that the 1961 Indonesian census(commemorative stamp pictured) included an estimated population of
Western New Guinea in lieu of
enumeration because the territory was
under Dutch occupation? Source: Population Trends in Indonesia, p. 170: "No enumeration was carried out in West Irian, which at the time of the census was still occupied by Dutch forces, but the census total does include an estimate for its population of about 700,000 persons."
ALT1: ... that the 1961 Indonesian census(commemorative stamp pictured) was the country's first since 1930 and the first since gaining
independence from the Netherlands? Source: Population Trends in Indonesia, p. 168: "The first census in the Republic of Indonesia was conducted sixteen years after the proclamation of independence in 1945 and thirty-one years after the last census of the colonial era in 1930."
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by
Bruxton (
talk) 01:18, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
Postage stamp commemorating the 1961 Indonesian census
... that the 1961 Indonesian census(commemorative stamp pictured) included an estimated population of
Western New Guinea in lieu of
enumeration because the territory was
under Dutch occupation? Source: Population Trends in Indonesia, p. 170: "No enumeration was carried out in West Irian, which at the time of the census was still occupied by Dutch forces, but the census total does include an estimate for its population of about 700,000 persons."
ALT1: ... that the 1961 Indonesian census(commemorative stamp pictured) was the country's first since 1930 and the first since gaining
independence from the Netherlands? Source: Population Trends in Indonesia, p. 168: "The first census in the Republic of Indonesia was conducted sixteen years after the proclamation of independence in 1945 and thirty-one years after the last census of the colonial era in 1930."