Tanjungbalai ( Indonesian: ''Kota Tanjungbalai''), formerly known as ''Tanjungbalai-Asahan'' is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

North Sumatra North Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Utara) is a province of Indonesia located on the northern part of the island of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Medan. North Sumatra is Indonesia's fourth most populous province after West Java, East Java and ...

province,

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, on the estuary of the

Asahan River The Asahan River ( id, Sungai Asahan) is one of the principal rivers in North Sumatra, Indonesia, that begins in Porsea, Toba Samosir Regency at the Southeast part of Lake Toba.Port Klang Port Klang ( ms, Pelabuhan Klang) is a town and the main gateway by sea into Malaysia. Known during colonial times as Port Swettenham ( ms, Pelabuhan Swettenham) but renamed Port Klang in July 1972, it is the largest port in the country. It is l ...

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, and the city-island of Singapore. It was formerly a district of

Asahan Regency Asahan Regency is a regency in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Following the creation of the new Batubara Regency (which was carved out of Asahan Regency on 15 June 2007), the regency now covers an area of 3,702.7 square kilometres; it had a population o ...

until it was elevated to

status, but the tag "Asahan" is still used to distinguish it from the port of the same name on

Great Karimun Great Karimun ( id, Karimun Besar), also known as Nuwi Island, is one of the islands in the Riau Islands province of Indonesia, administratively part of Karimun Regency. It lies about 37 km southwest of Singapore, 54 km west of Batam, 24 ...

island. After the separation of Tanjungbalai from Asahan Regency, it technically became an

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within Asahan Regency.

Administrative divisions

The city is divided administratively into six

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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 2020 Census.

Tanjungbalai Asahan Port (Teluk Nibung Port)

The Port has warehouse facilities and stacking fields. This port also carries out cargo and passenger services with activities mainly in exporting vegetables and fish to Malaysia. The port has passenger services to Port Klang and Port of Melintang Forest, Perak. Teluk Nibung passenger terminal currently has an area of about 2,500 square metres, consisting of two floors with a capacity of around 800 people. 1st floor for check-in, customs, immigration for arrivals, VIP rooms, quarantine rooms and 2nd floor for immigration rooms for departures, passenger waiting rooms, food court and coffee shops.

Climate

Tanjungbalai has a

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(Af) with moderate rainfall from January to July and heavy rainfall from August to December.

Gallery

File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Luchtfoto van Tandjoengbalai TMnr 10017791.jpg, Tanjungbalai in 1895 File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Silaukade te Tandjoengbalai Asahan Sumatra TMnr 10007928.jpg, Fishing port in Tanjungbalai, 1900s File:Selamat Datang di Tanjungbalai.jpg, Welcome to Tanjungbalai signboard File:Jembatan Sei Asahan.jpg, Sei Asahan Bridge

References

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