Tarakan

City
	City of Tarakan; Kota Tarakan
	Coat of arms
	Location within North Kalimantan
	Coordinates: 3°18′0″N 117°38′0″E / 3.30000°N 117.63333°E
Country	Indonesia
Province	North Kalimantan
Established	15 December 1997
Government
• Mayor	Dr. Khairul, M.Kes
• Vice Mayor	Effendhi Djuprianto
Area
• Total	657.33 km2 (253.8 sq mi)
• Land	250.80 km2 (96.83 sq mi)
• Water	406.53 km2 (156.96 sq mi)
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2020 Census)
• Total	242,786
• Density	369.352/km2 (956.60/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (WITA)
HDI (2019)	0.769 (High)
Website	tarakankota.go.id

Tarakan is an island and the largest city of the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan.

Tarakan Media

Oil storage tanks and a pier at Tarakan photographed between 1905 and 1914
A pier and oil barrels in Tarakan during the Dutch colonial period, ca. 1925
Allied landing vessels during the Battle of Tarakan (1945)
RSUD Tarakan, rumah sakit milik pemerintah provinsi Kalimantan Utara.
Borneo Tarakan University rector building
Al-Ma'arif Grand Mosque, Tarakan
Juwata ferry terminal building in Tarakan
Inauguration of Juwata International Airport new terminal by President Joko Widodo
"Nodding donkey" and oil tank, Tarakan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia
Tarakan city center in 2009

This short article about Asia can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.


City
City of Tarakan Kota Tarakan

Coat of arms
Location within North Kalimantan
Coordinates: 3°18′0″N 117°38′0″E / 3.30000°N 117.63333°E / 3.30000; 117.63333
Country	Indonesia
Province	North Kalimantan
Established	15 December 1997
Government
• Mayor	Dr. Khairul, M.Kes
• Vice Mayor	Effendhi Djuprianto
Area
• Total	657.33 km² (253.8 sq mi)
• Land	250.80 km² (96.83 sq mi)
• Water	406.53 km² (156.96 sq mi)
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2020 Census)
• Total	242,786
• Density	369.352/km² (956.60/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (WITA)
HDI (2019)	0.769 (High)^[1]
Website	tarakankota.go.id