Tarutung
Tarutung is a district, town and the administrative capital of North Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia. Tarutung in the Batak language means "durian" and town was named after the durian trees that grow there.- Type: Town with 39,500 residents
- Description: capital of North Tapanuli Regency in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Taroeloeng” and “Taroetoeng”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Simorangkir Habinsaran and Hutauruk Hasundutan.
Simorangkir Habinsaran
Village
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Simorangkir Habinsaran is a village, which is situated 3 km southeast of Tarutung.
Hutauruk Hasundutan
Village
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Hutauruk Hasundutan is a village, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Tarutung.
Partali Julu
Village
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Partali Julu is a village, which is situated 4 km northeast of Tarutung.
Tarutung
- Categories: capital of regency, residential area, and locality
- Location: North Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
2.0208° or 2° 1′ 15″ northLongitude
98.96702° or 98° 58′ 1″ eastPopulation
39,500Elevation
948 metres (3,110 feet)United Nations Location Code
ID TRTOpen location code
6MJW2XC8+8ROpenStreetMap ID
way 442061485OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1213504Wikidata ID
Q18715197
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Tarutung” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تاروتونغ”
- Chinese: “打鹿洞”
- Dutch: “Tarutung”
- French: “Tarutung”
- Indonesian: “Kota Tarutung”
- Indonesian: “Tarutung”
- Portuguese: “Kota Tarutung”
- Spanish: “Kota Tarutung”
- “Tarutung”
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