Medan
Medan is a very large city on the north coast of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, and the capital and largest city of North Sumatra province. Medan isn't a tourist destination, but it's a convenient stepping stone to other places like the 'weekend getaway' Berastagi, the island of Penang, Malaysia, and the popular, beautiful crater lake, Lake Toba.
- City with about 2,110,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (90 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code MES
- Description: city in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia
- Also known as“Medan City”“ᯔᯩᯑᯉ᯳”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Medan Polonia International Airport and Maimun Palace.
Medan Polonia International Airport
Soewondo Air Force Base is a military airbase in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sunggal and Kesawan.
Medan
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Latitude
3.5833° or 3° 35′ north
Longitude
98.6667° or 98° 40′ east
UN/LOCODE
ID MES
Open location code
6MMWHMM8+8M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Medan” goes by many names.
Kuta MèdanAchinese
MèdanAchinese
MedanAfrikaans
ميدانArabic
ՄեդանArmenian
MedanAzerbaijani
Kota MédanBalinese
MédanBalinese
MedanBasque
MedanBatak Mandailing
Kota MedanBatak Toba
MedanBatak Toba
МеданBelarusian
МэданBelarusian
মেদানBengali
Kota MédanBetawi
МеданBulgarian
မယ်ဒန်မြို့Burmese
MedanCatalan
MedanCebuano
МеданChechen
棉兰Chinese
棉兰市Chinese
棉蘭Chinese
MedanCroatian
MedanCzech
MedanDanish
MedanDutch
མེ་ཌན་ གྲོང་ཁྱེར།Dzongkha
MedanoEsperanto
MedanEstonian
MedanFijian
MedanFinnish
MedanGalician
მედანიGeorgian
Kota MedanGorontalo
MedanGorontalo
ΜεντάνGreek
મેદાનGujarati
MedanHausa
מדןHebrew
मॆदान्Hindi
मेडनHindi
MedanHungarian
MedanIban
MedanIcelandic
MedanIdo
Kota Besar MedanIndonesian
Kota MedanIndonesian
Kotamadya Daerah Tingkat II MedanIndonesian
Kotapraja MedanIndonesian
MedanIndonesian
MedanInterlingue
MedanIrish
MedanItalian
メダンJapanese
Kota MedanJavanese
Kutha MèdanJavanese
MèdanJavanese
MedanKadazan Dusun
MedanKalaallisut
ಮೆಡಾನ್Kannada
ಮೆದಾನ್Kannada
МеданKirghiz
MedanKomering
메단Korean
므단Korean
MedanaLatvian
MedanasLithuanian
Kottha MèḍanMadurese
Kota MedanMalagasy
MedanMalagasy
MedanMalay
ميدنMalay
മേഡൻMalayalam
MedanMaltese
MedanMaori
MetaMaori
मेदानMarathi
MedanMin Nan Chinese
Medan ChhīMin Nan Chinese
Kota MedanMinangkabau
MadanMinangkabau
MedanMinangkabau
Kota MedanNias
Kota sotöi MedanNias
MedanNorthern Frisian
MedanNorwegian
MedanNorwegian Bokmål
MedanNorwegian Nynorsk
MedanOccitan (post 1500)
МеданOssetian
مدانPersian
MedanPolish
MedanRomanian
Medan, IndoneziaRomanian
МеданRussia Buriat
город МеданRussian
МеданRussian
MedanScots
МеданSerbian
ဝဵင်းမေးတႅၼ်ႇShan
MedanSilesian
මේඩන්Sinhala
MedanSlovak
MedanSlovenian
Kota MédanSundanese
MédanSundanese
MedanSwahili
MedanSwedish
MedanTagalog
МеданTajik
மேடான்Tamil
МеданTatar
మెడన్Telugu
เมดันThai
เมดานThai
MedanTurkish
МеданUkrainian
مدانUrdu
MedanUzbek
MedanVenetian
MedanVeps
MedanVietnamese
MedanWaray (Philippines)
MedanWelsh
MedanWestern Frisian
Medan (stêd)Western Frisian
مدانWestern Panjabi
میدان ، انڈونیشیاWestern Panjabi
棉兰Wu Chinese
棉蘭Yue Chinese
ma Metan
ma tomo Metan
Metan
Pematang-Medan
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Medan”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Madras Hulu and Kampung Madras.
“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.”
North Sumatra: Highlights
Learn more about Lake Toba and Nias.
