of Merauke is located. Merauke District covers a land area of 500.41 km², and had a population of 87,634 at the 2010 Census. which at the 2020 Census had increased to 102,351; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 116,864 (comprising 60,068 males and 56,796 females).

History

Merauke was the capital of the Residency of South New Guinea. The population of Muyu people in the area started growing in the 1930s.

Merauke was the site of an Allied

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