Tarutung

Coordinates: 2°01′N 98°58′E / 2.017°N 98.967°E / 2.017; 98.967
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Tarutung
Taroetoeng
Town
The town of Tarutung
The town of Tarutung
Tarutung is located in Sumatra
Tarutung
Tarutung
Location within Sumatra
Coordinates: 2°01′N 98°58′E / 2.017°N 98.967°E / 2.017; 98.967
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceNorth Sumatra
RegencyNorth Tapanuli
Time zoneUTC+7 (WIB)
A flood of Silindoeng (Silindung Valley) plain at Taroetoeng (1917)

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.

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