Tarutung

Tarutung (Dutch: Taroetoeng) is a town and the administrative capital (seat) of North Tapanuli Regency (Kabupaten Tapanuli Utara), North Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia.

The town of Tarutung
A flood of Silindoeng (Silindung Valley) plain at Taroetoeng (1917)

Tarutung in the Batak language means "durian" and town was named after the durian trees that grow there.

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