Deli Tua
Deli Tua is a town and administrative district within Deli Serdang Regency of North Sumatra province of Indonesia.
It covers an area of 9.36 km2, and had a population of 59,292 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate in mid 2024 was 62,274 - comprising 31,286 males and 30,988 females. It lies immediately south of Medan city, of which it is effectively a suburb. The district comprises six administrative "villages", listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2020 Census and as at the official estimates for mid 2024, of which the first three have the status of desa, and the last three have the status of kelurahan; all share the postcode of 20355.
Getting around Deli Tua the local way
- Get inOr take a rickshaw to the train station and take one of the last trains of the day.
- Get inThis is where a lot of the smaller minivans go, and where travelers need to go to make connecting buses to further cities.
- Get inFerries no longer run to Penang from Belawan.
- Get inThe nearest international ferry port is Tanjung Balai, Asahan, about four hours by train from Medan.
- Get aroundThere is also a form of public transport known as the angkot (small minivan).
- Get aroundSmall minivans (called sudako or angkot by locals) have painted numbers (1 to 267 in Medan, or sometimes letters like MRX) that signify their routes, which even locals don't have memorized.
- Get aroundOne easy route is Minibus #3 from the great mosque (at the side of Yuki Simpang Raya mall) to Sambu bus station near Medan Mall.
From Wikivoyage: Medan, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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