{{Short description|Capital of North Tapanuli Regency in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Tarutung | native_name = Taroetoeng | native_name_lang = Dutch | settlement_type = Town and District | image_skyline = Tarutung - panoramio (1).jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = The town of Tarutung | pushpin_map = Indonesia Sumatra | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Sumatra | coordinates = {{coord|2|01|N|98|58|E|source:nlwiki_scale:25000|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Indonesia | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = North Sumatra | subdivision_type2 = Regency | subdivision_name2 = North Tapanuli |leader_title = Camat |leader_name = Renhart Doharta Lumbantobing<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bkpsdm.taputkab.go.id/berita/detail/daftar-jptp-pimpinan-opd-kabag-setda-dan-camat-sekab-tapanuli-utara-data-31012024|title=Daftar JPTP, Pimpinan OPD, Kabag Setda, dan Camat Se-Kab. Tapanuli Utara (Data 31-01-2024)|website=bkpsdm.taputkab.go.id|date=31 January 2024|access-date=23 September 2024|archive-date=19 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919115036/https://bkpsdm.taputkab.go.id/berita/detail/daftar-jptp-pimpinan-opd-kabag-setda-dan-camat-sekab-tapanuli-utara-data-31012024|url-status=dead}}</ref> | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | area_total_km2 = 110,64 | elevation_m = | population_total = 44523<ref>{{cite web|title=Visualisasi Data Kependudukan - Kementerian Dalam Negeri 2024|url=https://gis.dukcapil.kemendagri.go.id/peta/|website=www.dukcapil.kemendagri.go.id|format=Visual|accessdate=16 September 2024|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805043517/http://gis.dukcapil.kemendagri.go.id/peta/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | population_as_of = 2024 | population_density_km2 = 11 | timezone = WIB | utc_offset = +7 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = | iso_code = | website = | footnotes = }} [[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een overstroming van de Silindoengvlakte bij Taroetoeng TMnr 60021568.jpg|thumb|A flood of Silindoeng (Silindung Valley) plain at Taroetoeng (1917)]]
'''Tarutung''' (Dutch: '''{{Lang|nl|Taroetoeng}}''') is a district, town and the administrative capital (Regency seat) of North Tapanuli Regency (''Kabupaten Tapanuli Utara''), North Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia.
{{Lang|btk|Tarutung}} in the Batak language means "durian" and town was named after the durian trees that grow there.
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Category:Batak Category:Regency seats of North Sumatra
{{NSumatra-geo-stub}} Category:Batang Toru basin