Mareeba (pop. 8000) is the largest town on the Atherton Tableland and the center of Australia's principal tobacco-growing region. The town's name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning "meeting place of the waters". Mareeba has a population of approximately 8,000. Another crop grown in the area between Mareeba and Dimbulah, irrigated with water from Lake Tinaroo (an artificial lake formed by a dam on the Barron River), is rice.

The Mareeba Rodeo in July draws large numbers of visitors.

Mareeba is a town on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is located at 16°99′S 145°42′E, 417 metres above sea level on the confluence of the Barron River, Granite Creek and Emerald Creek.