Bireuën
{{Short description|Town in Aceh, Indonesia}}
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 {{coord|5|12|18|N|96|42|06|E|type:adm2nd}}. The town (officially called Kota Juang District) covers an area of 16.91 km2, and it had a population of 44,604 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 47,670 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official mid-2022 population estimate was 47,983.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 20-23.
History
Bireuën was once the capital of the Republic of Indonesia in its war of independence. It served as the capital for 1 week.{{cn|date=December 2023}}
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.{{cn|date=December 2023}}
Climate
Bireuen has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from February to September and heavy rainfall from October to January.
{{Weather box
|width = auto
| location = Bireuen
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan high C = 30.0
| Feb high C = 31.1
| Mar high C = 32.1
| Apr high C = 32.4
| May high C = 31.7
| Jun high C = 31.7
| Jul high C = 31.3
| Aug high C = 31.6
| Sep high C = 30.8
| Oct high C = 31.0
| Nov high C = 30.1
| Dec high C = 29.7
| Jan mean C = 26.5
| Feb mean C = 27.0
| Mar mean C = 27.5
| Apr mean C = 28.0
| May mean C = 27.8
| Jun mean C = 27.7
| Jul mean C = 27.3
| Aug mean C = 27.6
| Sep mean C = 27.0
| Oct mean C = 27.4
| Nov mean C = 26.7
| Dec mean C = 26.4
| year mean C =
| Jan low C = 23.0
| Feb low C = 22.9
| Mar low C = 23.0
| Apr low C = 23.7
| May low C = 23.9
| Jun low C = 23.8
| Jul low C = 23.3
| Aug low C = 23.6
| Sep low C = 23.3
| Oct low C = 23.8
| Nov low C = 23.4
| Dec low C = 23.2
|rain colour=
|Jan rain mm=161
|Feb rain mm=95
|Mar rain mm=109
|Apr rain mm=116
|May rain mm=127
|Jun rain mm=72
|Jul rain mm=77
|Aug rain mm=70
|Sep rain mm=107
|Oct rain mm=186
|Nov rain mm=200
|Dec rain mm=238
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web
|url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/993645/
|title = Climate: Bireuen
|publisher=Climate-Data.org
|accessdate = 5 November 2020}}
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Category:Populated places in Aceh
Category:Regency seats of Aceh
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