Tapaktuan
Tapaktuan | |
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Location in Northern Sumatra, Sumatra and Indonesia | |
Coordinates: 3°15′0″N 97°10′0″E / 3.25000°N 97.16667°E | |
Country | Indonesia |
Region | Sumatra |
Province | Aceh |
Area | |
• Total | 100.73 km2 (38.89 sq mi) |
Population (mid 2022 estimate) | |
• Total | 23,465 |
• Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) |
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Time zone | UTC+7 (IWST) |
Area code | (+62) 627 |
Tapaktuan is a town in the southwest of Aceh province of Indonesia. 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 | |||||||||||||
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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]Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Tapak Tuan.
- See The Fourth Circle: A political ecology of Sumatra's rainforest frontier by John F McCarthy (Stanford University Press, 2006).
References
[edit]- ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.
- ^ "Climate: Tapaktuan". Climate-Data.org. Archived from the original on 15 September 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2020.