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  1. Apuse is traditional song from Biak, it`s mean The Grandmother.
  2. Biak is the only city in Papua, which named after his island name.
  3. DestinationBiak is the third website for tourism in Biak.
  4. Disney's Finding Nemo has a strong possiblity using Teluk Cendrawasih coral-reef empires as their home templates.
  5. Evan Sanders, Indonesian MTV-VJ and movie stars is born in Biak.
  6. Gito Rolies, Indonesian Musician born in Biak, 1946
  7. In 1996, Biak was hit by Tsunami at 8.0 Ritcher scale. It's Ocenia's worst Tsunami.
  8. In WWII, Japanesse also attacking Pearl Harbour from Biak.
  9. In WWII, The US ARMY organization designated to secure Biak was named the HURRICANE Task Force
  10. In WWII, the capture of Biak Island cost the Americans 474 killed, and 2,400 wounded, the Japanese lost 6,100 killed and 450 captured.
  11. In WWII, US striking force built around the world’s two largest battleships, Yamato and Musashi, was steaming toward Biak
  12. Irian is a Biak word meaning "hot land rising from the sea"
  13. The first Indonesian parties on Papua was Lukas Rumkorem's Partai Indonesia Merdeka at Bosnik, October 1949.
  14. The first religion thought in Papua was Islam
  15. The first town in Biak is Bosnik.
  16. Charles A. Lindbergh, a great American Aviator was in Biak in June 1944 as civilians flying combat without MacArthur’s HQ permits. He leave on August 13, 1944.
  17. The highest hill in Biak was 320 meter.
  18. The only International Airport in Papua is Bandara Frans Kaisiepo, which built on 1942.