Tarutung

Tarutung Taroetoeng
Town and District
The town of Tarutung
Tarutung Location within Sumatra
Coordinates: 2°01′N 98°58′E / 2.017°N 98.967°E / 2.017; 98.967
Country	Indonesia
Province	North Sumatra
Regency	North Tapanuli
Government
• Camat	Renhart Doharta Lumbantobing
Area
• Total	107.68 km2 (41.58 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2025)
• Total	45,130
• Density	419.1/km2 (1,085/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (WIB)

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

Tarutung in the Batak language means "durian" and town was named after the durian trees that grow there. The town (as defined comprising the 7 urban kelurahan) had 16,635 inhabitants as at mid 2025.

Villages

Tarutung District comprises the following 31 villages, of which 7 are classed as urban kelurahan (these are indicated by asterisks * following their name in the following table) and 24 as rural desa. They are listed below (with their populations as at mid 2025).

Sihujur and Hutatoruan III desa are in the far north, almost separated from the rest of the district.

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