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
Seal
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]

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