Barus
Barus is a town and kecamatan in Central Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. Historically, Barus was well known as a port town or kingdom on the western coast of Sumatra where it was a regional trade center from around the 7th or earlier until the 17th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: district in Central Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Barus District”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kampung Mudik.
Barus
- Categories: kecamatan and locality
- Location: North Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
2.0103° or 2° 0′ 37″ northLongitude
98.3998° or 98° 23′ 59″ eastElevation
55 metres (180 feet)Open location code
6MJW296X+4WOpenStreetMap ID
node 5692007665OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Balinese to Swedish—“Barus” goes by many names.
- Balinese: “Barus, Tapanuli Tengah”
- Cebuano: “Kecamatan Barus”
- Chinese: “巴魯斯”
- Dutch: “Baros”
- Dutch: “Barras”
- Dutch: “Barus”
- French: “Barus”
- German: “Barus”
- Indonesian: “Barus, Tapanuli Tengah”
- Indonesian: “Barus”
- Indonesian: “Kecamatan Barus”
- Irish: “Barus”
- Japanese: “バルス”
- Javanese: “Barus, Tapanuli Tengah”
- Malay: “Barus, Tapanuli Tengah”
- Malay: “Barus”
- Minangkabau: “Barus, Tapanuli Tengah”
- Sundanese: “Barus, Tapanuli Tengah”
- Swedish: “Kecamatan Barus”
- “Barus”
- “Barus, Tapanuli Tengah”
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