Tanjungbalai (Town)

Tanjungbalai
(Kota Tanjungbalai)
Tanjungbalai-Asahan
City
Other transcription(s)
  Jawi تنجوڠ بالاي
  Chinese 丹戎巴萊
  Hokkien tan jiông pa lâi

A monument in Tanjungbalai

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Location of Tanjungbalai in Indonesia
Tanjungbalai

Location of Tanjungbalai in Indonesia

Coordinates: 2°58′12″N 99°48′0″E / 2.97000°N 99.80000°E / 2.97000; 99.80000Coordinates: 2°58′12″N 99°48′0″E / 2.97000°N 99.80000°E / 2.97000; 99.80000
Province North Sumatra
Country Indonesia
Area
  Total 60.52 km2 (23.37 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census)
  Total 154,426
  Density 2,662/km2 (6,890/sq mi)
Time zone WIB (UTC+7)
Website www.tanjungbalaikota.go.id
See Tanjungbalai (disambiguation) for the other meanings.
Tanjungbalai in 1895

Tanjungbalai (Indonesian: Kota Tanjungbalai), formerly Tanjungbalai-Asahan is a city in North Sumatra province, Indonesia, on the estuary of the Asahan River. It has an area of 58 square kilometres (22 sq mi) and the 5th largest kota population in North Sumatra with 154,426 inhabitants in the 2010 census.[1] The town has a ferry terminal with services to Port Klang, Malaysia, and the city-island of Singapore. It was formerly a district of Asahan Regency until it was elevated to city status, but the tag "Asahan" is still used to distinguish it from the port of the same name on Great Karimun island.

Administrative divisions

The city is divided administratively into six districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population:[2]

Name Population
Census 2010[2]
Datuk Bandar 33,797
Datuk Bandar Timur
(East Datuk Bandar)
26,942
Tanjungbalai Selatan
(South Tanjungbalai)
19,330
Tanjungbalai Utara
(North Tanjungbalai)
15,862
Sei Tualang Raso 22,712
Teluk Nibung 35,802

References

  1. http://hariansib.com/?p=136255
  2. 1 2 Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.


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