\http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 23 editor@iaeme.com International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET) Volume 10, Issue 04, April 2019, pp. 23-27, Article ID: IJCIET_10_04_003 Available online at http://www.iaeme.com/ijciet/issues.asp?JType=IJCIET&VType=10&IType=04 ISSN Print: 0976-6308 and ISSN Online: 0976-6316 © IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF MERAUKE CITY Anton Topan, Sari Octavia and Muchlis Alahudin Architecture Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Musamus, Merauke, Indonesia ABSTRACT The development of the city at this time showed a rapid progress in line with the increase of population and development activities in various sectors. Residential development characterized the city into the movement of people from rural to urban settlements, influence extends in rural town in economic activity, social, cultural and technological aspects. These affected the change of arable land into the trade and services sector as well as industrial districts, thus changing agrarian labor into non- agricultural employment in the industrial sector and in the tertiary sector. The purpose of this study is to analyze the development of the town of Merauke, in the period year 2009 – 2014. This research was conducted with observation directly to the location of the research, which is on the center of government and office buildings, residential areas, the center of economy and trade, education area. Besides the above data the researcher equipped with a data Merauke in figures of the year 2007 - 2014, Spatial Planning Merauke. With the data obtained further research literature analyzing developments of Merauke. From these results it can be concluded that the development of the town of Merauke has not gone well, in accordance with the standards of the development of a city. Keywords: Pattern Analysis, Merauke, Spatial Linkages, Geographical Information Systems Cite this Article: Anton Topan, Sari Octavia and Muchlis Alahudin, Analysis of the Development Pattern of Merauke City. International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, 10(04), 2019, pp. 23-27. http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/issues.asp?JType=IJCIET&VType=10&IType=04 1. INTRODUCTION Merauke Regency is located in the easternmost part of the archipelago and is one of the districts in the Papua Province which is directly adjacent to the State of Papua New Guinea. The geographical location of Merauke Regency is between 137 o 30’ ± 14100 BT and 6 o 00 9 o 00 LS, with an area of 45,075 km2 north. Merauke Regency is bordered by Boven Digoel Regency and Mappi Regency, on the east bordering New Gunea Papua, South and West bordering the Arafura Sea. Merauke Regency