City · Indonesia
Tanjungbalai
Tanjungbalai, also colloquially written as Tanjung Balai, is a city in North Sumatra province, Indonesia, on the estuary of the Asahan River. It has an area of 60.07 square kilometers (23.19 sq mi) and the sixth largest kota (urban) population in North Sumatra with 154,445 inhabitants in the 2010 census and 176,027 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid 2025 was 190,935. The town has a ferry terminal with services to Port Klang, Malaysia, and the city-island of Singapore.
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- Population: 190,935.
- Founded: 1620.
- Area: 60.5 sq km.
- Timezone: Asia/Jakarta.