Tapaktuan

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]

Tapaktuan
A beach in Tapaktuan
Tapaktuan
Location in Northern Sumatra, Sumatra and Indonesia
Tapaktuan
Tapaktuan (Sumatra)
Tapaktuan
Tapaktuan (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 3°15′0″N 97°10′0″E
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

Climate

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

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

References

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


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