Tapaktuan

Coordinates: 3°15′0″N 97°10′0″E / 3.25000°N 97.16667°E / 3.25000; 97.16667
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Tapaktuan
A beach in Tapaktuan
A beach in Tapaktuan
Tapaktuan is located in Northern Sumatra
Tapaktuan
Tapaktuan
Location in Northern Sumatra, Sumatra and Indonesia
Tapaktuan is located in Sumatra
Tapaktuan
Tapaktuan
Tapaktuan (Sumatra)
Tapaktuan is located in Indonesia
Tapaktuan
Tapaktuan
Tapaktuan (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 3°15′0″N 97°10′0″E / 3.25000°N 97.16667°E / 3.25000; 97.16667
CountryIndonesia
RegionSumatra
ProvinceAceh
Area
 • Total100.73 km2 (38.89 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate)
 • Total23,465
 • Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 627

Tapaktuan is a town in the southwest of Aceh province. The town is the capital (seat of the government) of South Aceh Regency. According to the official estimates for mid 2022, it has a population of 23,465.[1]

Climate[edit]

Tapaktuan has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Tapaktuan
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 30.9
(87.6)
31.7
(89.1)
32.2
(90.0)
32.5
(90.5)
32.6
(90.7)
32.6
(90.7)
32.3
(90.1)
32.2
(90.0)
31.5
(88.7)
31.3
(88.3)
30.7
(87.3)
30.6
(87.1)
31.8
(89.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.5
(79.7)
26.8
(80.2)
27.2
(81.0)
27.6
(81.7)
27.8
(82.0)
27.5
(81.5)
27.1
(80.8)
27.2
(81.0)
26.9
(80.4)
27.0
(80.6)
26.6
(79.9)
26.5
(79.7)
27.1
(80.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.1
(71.8)
22.0
(71.6)
22.3
(72.1)
22.8
(73.0)
23.0
(73.4)
22.5
(72.5)
22.0
(71.6)
22.2
(72.0)
22.4
(72.3)
22.7
(72.9)
22.5
(72.5)
22.4
(72.3)
22.4
(72.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 251
(9.9)
213
(8.4)
323
(12.7)
350
(13.8)
246
(9.7)
178
(7.0)
197
(7.8)
227
(8.9)
267
(10.5)
344
(13.5)
353
(13.9)
301
(11.9)
3,250
(128)
Source: Climate-Data.org[2]

Further reading[edit]

  • See The Fourth Circle: A political ecology of Sumatra's rainforest frontier by John F McCarthy (Stanford University Press, 2006).

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.
  2. ^ "Climate: Tapaktuan". Climate-Data.org. Archived from the original on 15 September 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2020.