Tanahmerah
Tanah Merah | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Province | Papua |
| Regency | Boven Digoel Regency |
Tanah Merah (or Tanamerah) is a town in Papua (province) of Indonesia (not to be confused with Tanahmerah Bay) situated on the Digul river within the interior of Western New Guinea. The town acted as a Dutch penal colony during the period when Indonesia was a Dutch colony.[1]
There is an airport ICAO: WAKT.
Notes
- ^ Indonesian Independence Committee (Melbourne, Vic.) (1946), Dutch imperialism exposed : the green hell of Tanah Merrah, Indonesian Independence Committee, retrieved 4 June 2012
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