Tarutung
Tarutung (Dutch: Taroetoeng) is a town in the Tapanuli Utara district and the seat (capital) of North Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia.
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The town of Tarutung
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A flood of Silindoeng (Silindung Valley) plain at Taroetoeng (1917)
Tarutung in Batak language means durian and town was named after the durian trees that grow there.
External links
- View of Taroetoeng circa 1925 University of Leiden
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