Rantau Prapat
Town in North Sumatra, Indonesia
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Rantauprapat is a large town (formerly a city) in North Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Labuhan Batu Regency. Rantauprapat is also a name of a village within the district of Rantau Utara (North Rantau). It consists of 3 main roads. A number of citizens have moved to larger centres like Medan in search of more job opportunities and/or universities. A large river named the Bilah River (a tributary of the Barumun River) runs through the town, which had 140,778 inhabitants at the 2010 Census,[2] 170,462 at the 2020 Census,[3] and 183,094 according to the official estimates as at mid 2025. [1]
Administration
Rantauprapat was formerly an independent city situated within but administratively separate from Labuhan Batu Regency, but in 2003 its status of administrative city was erased as it did not fulfill the requirements for that status, and it was merged into the Regency, within which it now comprises two districts (North Rantau and South Rantau). These two districts (kecamatan) are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census [2] and 2020 Census,[4] and the mid 2024 official estimates.[1]
| Name | Area in km2 | Population Census 2010[2] | Population Census 2020 | Population estimate mid 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rantau Selatan (South Rantauprapat) | 60.20 | 57,948 | 73,977 | 80,949 |
| Rantau Utara (North Rantauprapat) | 91.24 | 82,830 | 96,485 | 102,145 |
Climate
Rantauprapat has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Rantauprapat | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.9 (87.6) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.9 (87.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.8 (78.4) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.0 (78.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.8 (69.4) |
20.8 (69.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 246 (9.7) |
157 (6.2) |
195 (7.7) |
194 (7.6) |
191 (7.5) |
159 (6.3) |
142 (5.6) |
185 (7.3) |
262 (10.3) |
291 (11.5) |
274 (10.8) |
271 (10.7) |
2,567 (101.2) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
Urban villages
The two districts are sub-divided into 19 urban villages (kelurahan), listed below with their populations as at mid 2023.
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Note: (a) Pulo Padang forms the northern 65% of the area of Rantauu Utara District. 2°20′N 100°03′E
