Rantau Prapat

Rantauprapat is a town in North Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Labuhan Batu Regency. Rantauprapat is also a 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]

Rantauprapat
Town
Other transcription(s)
  Chinese兰陶帕拉帕
  Jawiرنتاو ڤاراڤات
Rantauprapat city, 2018
Rantauprapat city, 2018
Country Indonesia
ProvinceNorth Sumatra
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate)
  Total175,960
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+7 (WIB)

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 [5] and 2020 Census,[6] and the mid 2022 official estimates.[7]

NameArea in
km2
Population
Census
2010[5]
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
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °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)
Average low °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[8]

2°20′N 100°03′E

References

  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.
  2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.
  5. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  6. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  7. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.
  8. "Climate: Rantauprapat". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 6 November 2020.


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