Rantau Prapat

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Rantauprapat
Town
Other transcription(s)
   Chinese 兰陶帕拉帕
   Jawi رنتاو ڤاراڤات
City of Rantauprapat Skyline.jpg
Rantauprapat city, 2018
CountryFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Province North Sumatra
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate)
  Total175,960
  [1]
Time zone UTC+7 (WIB)

Rantauprapat is a city in North Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Labuhan Batu Regency. Rantauprapat is also a name of village within the district of Rantau Utara (North Rantau). It consists of 3 main roads. A number of citizens move to larger cities like Medan in search for more job opportunities and/or universities. A large river named the Bilah River runs through the town, which had 140,778 inhabitants at the 2010 Census, [2] 170,462 at the 2020 Census, [3] and 175,960 according to the official estimates as at mid 2022. [4]

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Administration

Rantauprapat was formerly an independent city situated within but administratively separate from Labuhan Batu Regency, but in 2003 its status of administrative city was erased as it did not fulfill the requirements, and it was merged into the Regency, within which it now comprises two districts (North Rantau and South Rantau). These two districts (kecamatan) are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census [2] and 2020 Census, [5] and the mid 2022 official estimates. [6]

NameArea in
km2
Population
Census
2010 [2]
Population
Census
2020
Population
estimate
mid 2022
Rantau Selatan
(South Rantauprapat)
64.3257,94873,97777,130
Rantau Utara
(North Rantauprapat)
112.4782,83096,48598,830

Climate

Rantauprapat has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Rantauprapat
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)30.9
(87.6)
31.2
(88.2)
31.5
(88.7)
31.3
(88.3)
31.4
(88.5)
31.2
(88.2)
31.0
(87.8)
30.7
(87.3)
30.5
(86.9)
30.3
(86.5)
30.2
(86.4)
30.3
(86.5)
30.9
(87.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)25.8
(78.4)
26.0
(78.8)
26.4
(79.5)
26.4
(79.5)
26.5
(79.7)
26.3
(79.3)
26.0
(78.8)
25.9
(78.6)
25.9
(78.6)
25.8
(78.4)
25.7
(78.3)
25.7
(78.3)
26.0
(78.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)20.8
(69.4)
20.8
(69.4)
21.3
(70.3)
21.6
(70.9)
21.7
(71.1)
21.4
(70.5)
21.1
(70.0)
21.1
(70.0)
21.3
(70.3)
21.4
(70.5)
21.3
(70.3)
21.1
(70.0)
21.2
(70.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches)246
(9.7)
157
(6.2)
195
(7.7)
194
(7.6)
191
(7.5)
159
(6.3)
142
(5.6)
185
(7.3)
262
(10.3)
291
(11.5)
274
(10.8)
271
(10.7)
2,567
(101.2)
Source: Climate-Data.org [7]

2°20′N100°03′E / 2.333°N 100.050°E / 2.333; 100.050

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