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Tanjung Balai
Riau Islands · Indonesia
City population
48,953
#282
in Indonesia
#2
in Riau Islands
#11,649
worldwide
1.000, 103.422 · 888 km from Jakarta
About Tanjung Balai
Tanjung Balai is a city in Riau Islands, Indonesia with a population of 48,953. It is the 282nd largest of the 446 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Indonesia, and the 11,649th largest worldwide. It lies 888 km from Jakarta.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Riau Islands
Rank in region
#2of 2
Elevation
9 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Jakarta
Coordinates
1.000, 103.422
Record updated
2026-06-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 446 in IndonesiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.