Ermera
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{{About|the city|the administrative post|Ermera Administrative Post|the municipality|Ermera Municipality}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Ermera
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|settlement_type = City
|image_skyline = City_of_Ermera,_Timor-Leste_-_panoramio.jpg
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|image_caption = Main street and church of Ermera
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|pushpin_map_caption =Location in East Timor
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name ={{flag|East Timor}}
|subdivision_type1 =District
|subdivision_name1 = Ermera District
|subdivision_type2 =Subdistrict
|subdivision_name2 = Ermera Subdistrict
|subdivision_type3 = Suco
|subdivision_name3 = Poetete
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|population_as_of =2015 census
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|population_total =8907
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone = East Timor Standard Time
|utc_offset = +9
|coordinates = {{coord|8|45|8|S|125|23|49|E|region:TL|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes =
|elevation_m = 1195
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Ermera (Vila Ermera) is a city in East Timor and a former capital of the East Timorese community, Ermera.{{cite web |url=http://www.estatal.gov.tl/pt/municipio-de-ermera/ |title=Municipio de Ermera |publisher=Ministério da Administração Estatal |accessdate=2017-04-24 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204173317/http://www.estatal.gov.tl/pt/municipio-de-ermera/ |archivedate=2016-02-04 }} Ermera in Mambai means "red water."{{cite web |url=http://www.anps.org.au/documents/June_2006.pdf |title=Newsletter of the Australian National Placenames Survey |publisher=Placenames Australia |pages=6–7 |date=June 2006 |accessdate=2017-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214220045/http://www.anps.org.au/documents/June_2006.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-14 |url-status=dead }} It has a population of 8,907. Its geographical coordinates are {{coord|8|45|8|S|125|23|49|E|region:TL_type:city|display=inline}}, and it lies {{convert|1195|m}} above sea level. Ermera's center lies in the Suco of Poetete (Ermera Subdistrict, Ermera District).