Tanjungbalai (city)


Tanjungbalai, formerly known as Tanjungbalai-Asahan is a city in North Sumatra province, Indonesia, on the estuary of the Asahan River. It has an area of and the sixth largest kota population in North Sumatra with 154,426 inhabitants in the 2010 census, and 155,782 at the 2015 Census. The town has a ferry terminal with services to Port Klang, Malaysia, and the city-island of Singapore.
It was formerly a district of Asahan Regency until it was elevated to city status, but the tag "Asahan" is still used to distinguish it from the port of the same name on Great Karimun island. After the separation of Tanjungbalai from Asahan Regency, it technically becomes an enclave within Asahan Regency.

Administrative divisions

The city is divided administratively into six districts, tabulated below with their 2010 Census population:
NamePopulation
Census 2010
Datuk Bandar33,797
Datuk Bandar Timur
26,942
Tanjungbalai Selatan
19,330
Tanjungbalai Utara
15,862
Sei Tualang Raso22,712
Teluk Nibung35,802

Tanjungbalai Asahan Port (Teluk Nibung Port)

The Port has warehouse facilities and stacking fields. This port also carries out cargo and passenger services with activities mainly in exporting vegetables and fish to Malaysia. The port has passenger services to Port Klang and Port of Melintang Forest, Perak.
Teluk Nibung passenger terminal currently has an area of about 2,500 square meters, consisting of two floors with a capacity of around 800 people. 1st floor for check-in, customs, immigration for arrivals, VIP rooms, quarantine rooms and 2nd floor for immigration rooms for departures, passenger waiting rooms, food court and coffee shops.