Tarutung
Tarutung is a tourist transit for people who travel through Medan, Parapat, Balige Tarutung, Sibolga, and Padang. This capital of North Tapanuli Regency is located in the Silindung valley with two broad areas of rice cultivation and two big rivers: the Sigeaon and Situmandi rivers.
There are many tourist attractions around the city of Tarutung. These are the big love cross in Siatas Barita, Dame church (the first church in Batak land), Nommensen's monument, Sipaholon hot spring, Hutabarat hot spring, Parbubu soda water, an arts building, missionary Lyman and Munson graves at Lobu Pining in Adian Koting regency (20 km to Sibolga), a traditional woven cloth centre with Batak motifs and colours which is located on Lumban Siagian and Hutagalung, and King Sisingamangaraja XlI's monument.
Tourists can go shopping for pineapples in Huta gurgur in Sihobuk, rice cakes in Simorangkir and also various kinds of cloth with Tarutung motifs.
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