# Tarutung

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{{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](/source/Silindung_Valley)) plain at Taroetoeng (1917)]]

'''Tarutung''' (Dutch: '''{{Lang|nl|Taroetoeng}}''') is a district, town and the administrative capital ([Regency seat](/source/Regency_seat)) of [North Tapanuli Regency](/source/North_Tapanuli_Regency) (''Kabupaten Tapanuli Utara''), [North Sumatra](/source/North_Sumatra), [Sumatra](/source/Sumatra), [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia). 

{{Lang|btk|Tarutung}} in the [Batak](/source/Batak_languages) language means "[durian](/source/durian)" and town was named after the durian trees that grow there.

==References==
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{{Durian}}

Category:Batak
Category:Regency seats of North Sumatra

{{NSumatra-geo-stub}}
Category:Batang Toru basin

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