Tapaktuan

Tapaktuan is a town and administrative district (kecamatan) in the southwest of Aceh province of Indonesia. The town is the capital (seat of the government) of South Aceh Regency. The district covers a land area of 106.99 km², which is subdivided into 18 towns and villages (gampong). According to the official estimates for 2023, it has a population of 22,352.^[1]

Tapaktuan
City
A beach in Tapaktuan
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Coordinates: 3°15′0″N 97°10′0″E
Country	Indonesia
Region	Sumatra
Province	Aceh
Area
• Total	106.99 km2 (41.31 sq mi)
Population  (2023 estimate)
• Total	22,352
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
	[1]
Time zone	UTC+7 (IWST)
Area code	(+62) 627

Climate

Tapaktuan has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Tapaktuan
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	30.9 (87.6)	31.7 (89.1)	32.2 (90.0)	32.5 (90.5)	32.6 (90.7)	32.6 (90.7)	32.3 (90.1)	32.2 (90.0)	31.5 (88.7)	31.3 (88.3)	30.7 (87.3)	30.6 (87.1)	31.8 (89.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.5 (79.7)	26.8 (80.2)	27.2 (81.0)	27.6 (81.7)	27.8 (82.0)	27.5 (81.5)	27.1 (80.8)	27.2 (81.0)	26.9 (80.4)	27.0 (80.6)	26.6 (79.9)	26.5 (79.7)	27.1 (80.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.1 (71.8)	22.0 (71.6)	22.3 (72.1)	22.8 (73.0)	23.0 (73.4)	22.5 (72.5)	22.0 (71.6)	22.2 (72.0)	22.4 (72.3)	22.7 (72.9)	22.5 (72.5)	22.4 (72.3)	22.4 (72.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	251 (9.9)	213 (8.4)	323 (12.7)	350 (13.8)	246 (9.7)	178 (7.0)	197 (7.8)	227 (8.9)	267 (10.5)	344 (13.5)	353 (13.9)	301 (11.9)	3,250 (128)
Source: Climate-Data.org[2]

Further reading

• See The Fourth Circle: A political ecology of Sumatra's rainforest frontier by John F McCarthy (Stanford University Press, 2006).