Tenggarong

Tenggarong is a town in and the capital of Kutai Kartanegara Regency of East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The former Kutai Kartanegara Sultanate's capital was likewise located in Tenggarong.[1]

Historically, the then capital was called Tepian Pandan. At some point, the Kutai Kartanegara Sultan, Aji Muhammad Muslihuddin, changed the name from Tepian Pandan to Tangga Arung (literally house of king). In application, the people of Kutai would then shorten this name by combining the two words Tangga Arung to Tenggarong.[1]

Climate

Tenggarong has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Tenggarong
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 29.9
(85.8)		 30.2
(86.4)		 30.3
(86.5)		 30.3
(86.5)		 30.3
(86.5)		 29.7
(85.5)		 29.4
(84.9)		 29.8
(85.6)		 30.0
(86.0)		 30.6
(87.1)		 30.4
(86.7)		 30.2
(86.4)		 30.1
(86.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.4
(79.5)		 26.6
(79.9)		 26.6
(79.9)		 26.8
(80.2)		 27.0
(80.6)		 26.5
(79.7)		 26.2
(79.2)		 26.5
(79.7)		 26.7
(80.1)		 27.1
(80.8)		 26.8
(80.2)		 26.7
(80.1)		 26.7
(80.0)
Average low °C (°F) 23.0
(73.4)		 23.0
(73.4)		 23.0
(73.4)		 23.3
(73.9)		 23.7
(74.7)		 23.4
(74.1)		 23.0
(73.4)		 23.3
(73.9)		 23.4
(74.1)		 23.6
(74.5)		 23.3
(73.9)		 23.2
(73.8)		 23.3
(73.9)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 171
(6.7)		 170
(6.7)		 204
(8.0)		 239
(9.4)		 177
(7.0)		 152
(6.0)		 135
(5.3)		 130
(5.1)		 111
(4.4)		 142
(5.6)		 200
(7.9)		 212
(8.3)		 2,043
(80.4)
Source: Climate-Data.org[2]

References
  1. "The Origin of Erau". Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  2. "Climate: Tenggarong". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

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