Tarutung
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Tarutung (Dutch: Taroetoeng) is a town and the administrative capital (seat) of North Tapanuli Regency (Kabupaten Tapanuli Utara), North Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Tarutung in the Batak language means "durian" and town was named after the durian trees that grow there.