Tanah Merah
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Tanah Merah (or Tanamerah, which means Red Land) is a town in the South Papua province of Indonesia (not to be confused with Tanahmerah Bay) on the bank of Digul River, located some two hundred miles from Merauke within the interior of Western New Guinea (a town not occupied by the Japanese during WWII). It is the administrative center of Boven Digoel Regency. The town (which equates to Persatuan kampung within Mandobo distrik) administratively covers an area of 225.68 km2 and had a population of 12,261 at mid 2023.
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Tanah Merah (or Tanamerah, which means Red Land) is a town in the South Papua province of Indonesia (not to be confused with Tanahmerah Bay) on the bank of Digul River, located some two hundred miles from Merauke within the interior of Western New Guinea (a town not occupied by the Japanese during WWII). It is the administrative center of Boven Digoel Regency. The town (which equates to Persatuan kampung within Mandobo distrik) administratively covers an area of 225.68 km2 and had a population of 12,261 at mid 2023.
==History== The town acted as a Dutch penal colony during the period when Indonesia was a Dutch colony.
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