Bireuën or Bireun is an Indonesian town, the seat of the Bireuën Regency government in the Aceh Special Territory of Sumatra. Bireuen is located at 5°12′18″N 96°42′06″E / 5.20500°N 96.70167°E / 5.20500; 96.70167. The town (officially called Kota Juang District) covers an area of 16.91 km, and it had a population of 44,604 at the 2010 Census and 47,670 at the 2020 Census; the official mid-2022 population estimate was 47,983.
History
Bireuën was once the capital of the Republic of Indonesia in its war of independence. It served as the capital for 1 week.
Geography
Bireuën is located in the province of Aceh, a semi-autonomous region in the northern half of Sumatra island. Its location is surrounded by hills which makes it easy to defend.
Climate
Bireuen has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from February to September and heavy rainfall from October to January.
| Climate data for Bireuen | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.4 (90.3) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.7 (85.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.5 (79.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
27.2 (81.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.4 (74.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 161 (6.3) |
95 (3.7) |
109 (4.3) |
116 (4.6) |
127 (5.0) |
72 (2.8) |
77 (3.0) |
70 (2.8) |
107 (4.2) |
186 (7.3) |
200 (7.9) |
238 (9.4) |
1,558 (61.3) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org | |||||||||||||
References
- Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
- Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 20-23.
- "Climate: Bireuen". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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