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'''Mount Merapi''', ''Gunung Merapi'' in [[Indonesian language]], is a conical [[volcano]] in [[Central Java]], [[Indonesia]]. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since [[1548]].  Its name means ''Mountain of Fire''.  It is very close to the city of [[Yogyakarta]], and thousands of people live on the flanks of the volcano, with villages as high as 1700 m above [[sea level]].

Several of its eruptions have caused fatalities.  It was erupting from 1992 to 2002, and a particularly large explosion killed 43 people in 1994.  It began erupting again in 2006, and scientists believe a large eruption is imminent.  In light of the hazards it poses to populated areas, it has been designated a [[Decade Volcano]].

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