Tebing Tinggi Deli, officially Tebing Tinggi City, or more commonly simply ''Tebing Tinggi'' ( Jawi: ) is a city near the eastern coast of

North Sumatra North Sumatra () is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia located in the northern part of the island of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Medan on the east coast of the island. It borders Aceh to the northwest, Riau to the sou ...

Province of

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. It has an area of 38.44 km² and a population at the 2010 Census of 145,180,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. which grew to 172,838 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 180,977 (comprising 90,018 males and 90,959 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kota Tebing Tinggi Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1276) Tebing Tinggi is an

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within Serdang Bedagai Regency (which surrounds it on all sides, and also contains a

kecamatan In Indonesia, district or ambiguously subdistrict, is the third-level administrative subdivision, below regency or city. The local term is used in the majority of Indonesian areas. The term is used in provinces in Papua. In the Special Regio ...

(district) bordering the city that is also named Tebing Tinggi).

Geography

According to the Agency for Information and Communication Data North Sumatra, Tebing Tinggi is one of the 8 independent cities (formerly called municipalities) in North Sumatra, located around 80 km from

Medan Medan ( , ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of North Sumatra. The nearby Strait of Malacca, Port of Belawan, and Kualanamu International Airport make Medan a regional hub and multi ...

(the capital of North Sumatra Province) and situated at a crossroads of the

Trans-Sumatran Highway The Trans-Sumatra Highway (Indonesian: ''Jalan Raya Trans-Sumatra'') is a primary north–south road in the Indonesian island of Sumatra, 2,508.5 km in length, and connecting the northern island at Banda Aceh to Bandar Lampung in the south ...

, connecting the East Coast Highway; Tanjungbalai, Rantau Prapat and Central Sumatra Highway;

Pematangsiantar Pematangsiantar (sometimes written as Pematang Siantar, acronym PS or ''P. Siantar'', colloquially just Siantar), and also known as the City of Pematangsiantar, is an independent city in North Sumatra Province of Indonesia, surrounded by, but not ...

Parapat Parapat is a small town and port in North Sumatra province on the edge of Lake Toba, on the Uluan Peninsula where it forms the closest point to Samosir Island. It is the primary transit point by ferry for visitors going across the lake to Samo ...

, and

Balige Balige is a town in North Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Toba Regency. It is 240 kilometers away from Medan. It had 47,284 inhabitants as at mid 2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten To ...

Administrative districts

The city is divided administratively into five

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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and the 2020 Census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kota Tebing Tinggi Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1276) The table also includes the number of

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s in each district (all classed as urban ''kelurahan''), and its post code.

Demographics

The residents of Tebing Tinggi are Malays (70%),

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(11%) and Chinese (8%). Javanese,

Mandailing The Mandailing (also known as Mandailing Batak) people are an ethnic group in Sumatra, Indonesia that is commonly associated with the Batak people. They are found mainly in the northern section of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. They came und ...

, Indian and other ethnicities are recognized ethnic minorities. The city's religion is predominantly

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, followed by

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and other religions.

Climate

Tebing Tinggi has a

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(Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.

References

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