Tanahmerah

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.