Country: Indonesia
Continent: Asia
Population: 154,445
Country Capital: No
For all cities with a population greater than one million, Tanjung Balai is closest to Medan and farthest from Guayaquil. The closest foreign city is Kuala Lumpur and the farthest domestic city is Makasar. See below for the top 5 closest and farthest cities (domestically, internationally and by continent) and to see which cities, if any, Tanjung Balai is the closest and farthest to. Filter to include all cities over 100k, 500k or 1 million in population.
| Closest Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Medan, Indonesia | 89 |
 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 131 |
 | Singapore, Singapore | 303 |
| Palembang, Indonesia | 534 |
 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 687 |
| Farthest Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 12,375 |
| Quito, Ecuador | 12,213 |
 | Cali, Colombia | 11,928 |
 | Lima, Peru | 11,772 |
| Bogotá, Colombia | 11,768 |
| Closest Foreign Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 131 |
| Singapore, Singapore | 303 |
| Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 687 |
 | Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam | 715 |
| Bat Dambang, Cambodia | 733 |
| Farthest Domestic Cities | Miles | | Makasar, Indonesia | 1,465 | | Surabaya, Indonesia | 1,137 | | Semarang, Indonesia | 1,002 | | Bandung, Indonesia | 867 | | Jakarta, Indonesia | 797 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest African Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Mogadishu, Somalia | 3,763 |
 | Antananarivo, Madagascar | 3,860 |
 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 4,216 |
 | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 4,233 |
 | Nairobi, Kenya | 4,365 |
| Farthest African Cities | Miles |  | Dakar, Senegal | 7,977 |  | Conakry, Guinea | 7,786 |  | Bamako, Mali | 7,377 |  | El-Jadida, Morocco | 7,160 |  | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire | 7,157 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest Asian Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
| Medan, Indonesia | 89 |
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 131 |
| Singapore, Singapore | 303 |
| Palembang, Indonesia | 534 |
| Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 687 |
| Farthest Asian Cities | Miles |  | Izmir, Turkey | 5,157 | | Istanbul, Turkey | 5,090 | | Bursa, Turkey | 5,076 | | Afyon, Turkey | 4,977 | | Ankara, Turkey | 4,874 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest Australia and Oceania Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Perth, Australia | 2,623 |
| Adelaide, Australia | 3,623 |
| Melbourne, Australia | 4,027 |
| Brisbane, Australia | 4,114 |
| Sydney, Australia | 4,195 |
| Farthest Australia and Oceania Cities | Miles |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 5,517 | | Sydney, Australia | 4,195 | | Brisbane, Australia | 4,114 | | Melbourne, Australia | 4,027 | | Adelaide, Australia | 3,623 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest European Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Ufa, Russia | 4,329 |
| Samara, Russia | 4,461 |
| Volgograd, Russia | 4,524 |
| Kazan, Russia | 4,591 |
| Rostov-on-Don, Russia | 4,689 |
| Farthest European Cities | Miles |  | Madrid, Spain | 6,796 |  | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 6,547 | | London, United Kingdom | 6,485 | | Barcelona, Spain | 6,482 |  | Paris, France | 6,404 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest North American Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Calgary (AB), Canada | 8,211 |
 | Los Angeles (CA), United States of America | 8,887 |
| San Diego (CA), United States of America | 8,994 |
 | Tijuana, Mexico | 9,007 |
| Montreal (QC), Canada | 9,069 |
| Farthest North American Cities | Miles |  | Cuidad de Guatemala, Guatemala | 11,034 |  | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 10,803 |  | Havana, Cuba | 10,631 | | Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico | 10,491 | | Netzahualcóyotl, Mexico | 10,438 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest South American Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Recife, Brazil | 9,312 |
| Salvador, Brazil | 9,516 |
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 9,614 |
| Belo Horizonte, Brazil | 9,736 |
 | Montevideo, Uruguay | 9,752 |
| Farthest South American Cities | Miles | | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 12,375 | | Quito, Ecuador | 12,213 | | Cali, Colombia | 11,928 | | Lima, Peru | 11,772 | | Bogotá, Colombia | 11,768 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest City To | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
| Not the closest city of any other city | ||