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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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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 km, which is subdivided into 18 towns and villages (gampong). According to the official estimates for 2023, it has a population of 22,352.

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

Further reading

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

References

  1. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Tapaktuan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1103050).
  2. ^ "Climate: Tapaktuan". Climate-Data.org. Archived from the original on 15 September 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2020.