Pangururan is a town and a district of the same name in North Sumatra province of

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and it is the seat (capital) of

Samosir Regency Resort in Ambarita, Samosir Regency Batak Toba House in Simanindo, Samosir Regency Tomok Market, Samosir Regency Samosir Regency is a regency in North Sumatra. The regency covers an area of 1,444.25 square kilometres and it had a population o ...

, and the largest town on

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. Its population at the 2020 Census was 34,209.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

Climate

Pangururan has a cool

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(Af) due to altitude with moderate rainfall from June to August and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.

References

{{Commons category, Pangururan Populated places in North Sumatra Regency seats of North Sumatra