Port of Belawan

Port of Belawan
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Location in Medan, Northern Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia and Southeast Asia
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CountryIndonesia
LocationMedan
Coordinates3°46′59″N 98°41′26″E / 3.78306°N 98.69056°E / 3.78306; 98.69056
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Operated byPelni
Chinese coolies from Swatow disembark at Belawan.

The Port of Belawan (Chinese: 勿老灣; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mài lau ôan) is a harbor in Medan, North Sumatra. Located on the northeast coast of Sumatra, Belawan is Indonesia's busiest seaport outside of Java. It includes Medan Belawan District, the most northerly of the city of Medan's 21 administrative districts (kecamatan), which covers an area of 33.27 km2; at the 2010 Census the district had a population of 95,506,[1] which in the 2020 Census reached 108,987;[2] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 110,978 - comprising 56,718 males and 54,260 females.[3]

There are weekly passenger ships operated by Pelni from Medan to Tanjung Balai Karimun, Batam, Riau Islands and Tanjung Priok, Jakarta

A regular ferry service connects Belawan to across the Strait of Malacca to Penang, Malaysia; at times there was a ferry that also ran from Belawan to Phuket, Thailand and to Langkawi, Malaysia.

  1. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  2. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2024 "Kecamatan Medan Belawan Katalog/Catalog 1102001.1275210.