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Tarakan
North Kalimantan · Indonesia
City population
255,310
#58
in Indonesia
#1
in North Kalimantan
#2,245
worldwide
3.313, 117.592 · 1,596 km from Jakarta
About Tarakan
Tarakan is a city in North Kalimantan, Indonesia with a population of 255,310. It is the 58th largest of the 446 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Indonesia, and the 2,245th largest worldwide. It lies 1,596 km from Jakarta.
Key Facts
Country
Region
North Kalimantan
Rank in region
#1of 4
Coordinates
3.313, 117.592
Record updated
11 June 2026
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.