Merauke is a large town and an administrative district which is also the administrative centre of Merauke Regency in Papua, Indonesia. It is considered the easternmost city in Indonesia. The town was originally called Ermasoe. It is next to the Maro River where the Port of Merauke is located. As of the 2010 census, Merauke had a population of 87,634 which at the 2020 Census had increased to 102,351.
Merauke is currently intended by the Indonesian government to become a city independent from the regency, and then become the capital of the proposed South Papua province.