thumb|Palace in Kota Pinang (ca.1931–34) '''Kotapinang''' (or ''Kota Pinang'') is a town (''kelurahan'') and an administrative district (''kecamatan'') in North Sumatra province of Indonesia. The town is the seat (capital) of South Labuhan Batu Regency, created on 21 July 2008 (in accordance with Law No. 22 of 24 June 2008) by being carved out of the southern districts of the existing Labuhanbatu Regency. It had 24,575 inhabitants as at mid 2023.<ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Kotapinang Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.122030)</ref>
==Climate== Kota Pinang has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round. {{Weather box |width = auto | location = Kota Pinang | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 31.5 | Feb high C = 31.8 | Mar high C = 32.0 | Apr high C = 32.0 | May high C = 32.0 | Jun high C = 31.8 | Jul high C = 31.7 | Aug high C = 31.4 | Sep high C = 31.1 | Oct high C = 31.1 | Nov high C = 30.9 | Dec high C = 31.0
| Jan mean C = 26.5 | Feb mean C = 26.7 | Mar mean C = 26.9 | Apr mean C = 27.1 | May mean C = 27.2 | Jun mean C = 26.9 | Jul mean C = 26.8 | Aug mean C = 26.6 | Sep mean C = 26.5 | Oct mean C = 26.6 | Nov mean C = 26.4 | Dec mean C = 26.4 | year mean C = | Jan low C = 21.5 | Feb low C = 21.6 | Mar low C = 21.9 | Apr low C = 22.3 | May low C = 22.5 | Jun low C = 22.1 | Jul low C = 21.9 | Aug low C = 21.8 | Sep low C = 22.0 | Oct low C = 22.1 | Nov low C = 22.0 | Dec low C = 21.8 |rain colour=green |Jan rain mm=263 |Feb rain mm=173 |Mar rain mm=206 |Apr rain mm=203 |May rain mm=187 |Jun rain mm=147 |Jul rain mm=127 |Aug rain mm=193 |Sep rain mm=251 |Oct rain mm=290 |Nov rain mm=286 |Dec rain mm=276 |source 1 = Climate-Data.org<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/574317/ |title = Climate: Kota Pinang |publisher=Climate-Data.org |accessdate = 6 November 2020}}</ref> }}
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Category:Populated places in North Sumatra Category:Regency seats of North Sumatra
{{NSumatra-geo-stub}} Category:Barumun Bilah basin