Tebing Tinggi

Tebing Tinggi
City
Other transcription(s)
• Jawi	تبيڠ تيڠڬي
Street view of Tebing Tinggi
Location of Tebing Tinggi in Indonesia
Province	North Sumatra
Country	Indonesia
Area
• Total	31 km2 (12 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)
• Total	145,180
• Density	4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (WIB)
Area code	+62 621
Website	www.tebingtinggikota.go.id

Tebing Tinggi Deli or more commonly simply Tebing Tinggi (Jawi: تبيڠ تيڠڬي‎) is a chartered city (kota) near the eastern coast of North Sumatra, Indonesia. It has an area of 31 km² and a population at the 2010 National Census of 145,180. It is surrounded by Serdang Bedagai Regency, which has a kecamatan (district) bordering the city named Tebing Tinggi as well.

Geography

According to the Agency for Information and Communication Data North Sumatra, Tebing Tinggi is one of the municipality of 33 districts / municipalities in North Sumatra which is located around 80 km from Medan (capital of North Sumatra Province) and it is located on the across of Trans-Sumatran Highway, which connects East Coast Highway; Tanjung Balai, Rantau Prapat and Central Sumatra Highway; Pematangsiantar, Parapat, and Balige.

Administrative divisions

The city is divided administratively into five districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population:

Name	Population Census 2010
Padang Hulu (Upstream Padang)	26,714
Tebing Tinggi Kota (Tebing Tinggi Town)	24,040
Rambutan	31,371
Bajenis	33,072
Padang Hilir (Downstream Padang)	30,051

Demograpics

Majority of the residents of Tebing Tinggi is occupied by Malays (70%), Batak (11%) and Chinese (8%) meanwhile Javanese, Mandailing, Indian and other ethnics are known as ethnic minorities. The City's religion predominantly are Islam, followed by Christian and Buddhist and other religion.