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| blank4_name = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2023)

| blank4_info = {{increase}} 0.826 ([[List of Indonesian provinces by Human Development Index|26th]]) – <span style="color:#090;">very high</span>

'''Medan''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ɛ|ˈ|d|ɑː|n}} {{respell|meh|DAHN}}, {{IPA-id|mɛˈdan|lang|Id-Medan.ogg}}) is the [[capital city|capital]] and largest city of the [[Indonesia]]n [[Provinces of Indonesia|province]] of [[North Sumatra]].<ref name="Kumar Mishra Avtar Chakraborty 2021 pp. 585–596">{{cite book |last1=Kumar |first1=Pankaj |last2=Mishra |first2=Binaya Kumar |last3=Avtar |first3=Ram |last4=Chakraborty |first4=Shamik |title=Global Groundwater |chapter=Quantifying future water environment using numerical simulations: a scenario-based approach for sustainable groundwater management plan in Medan, Indonesia |publisher=Elsevier |year=2021 |doi=10.1016/b978-0-12-818172-0.00043-8 |pages=585–596 |isbn=9780128181720 |s2cid=230551984 |quote=Medan is the capital city of North Sumatra province.}}</ref> The nearby [[Strait of Malacca]], [[Port of Belawan]], and [[Kualanamu International Airport]] make Medan a regional hub and multicultural metropolis, acting as a [[financial centre]] for [[Sumatra]] and a gateway to the western part of Indonesia. About 60% of the economy in North Sumatra is backed by trading, agriculture, and processing industries,<ref name="Medan Business">{{cite web |title=Medan Business: Top Sectors, Economies, Business Setup |url=https://www.cekindo.com/blog/doing-business-in-medan |date=23 July 2021 |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref> including exports from its 4 million acres of palm oil plantations. The [[Government of Indonesia|National Development Planning Agency]] listed Medan as one of the [[Regions of Indonesia#Development regions|four main central cities in Indonesia]], alongside [[Jakarta]], [[Surabaya]], and [[Makassar]]. In terms of population, it is the most populous city in Indonesia outside of the island of Java. Its population as of 2023 is approximately equal to the country of [[Moldova]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bappenas.go.id/files/2713/5227/9312/bag-z-74-75-cek__20090130070903__25.doc |title=26. Z. Irian Jaya |website=bappenas.go.id |type=Word DOC |language=id |access-date=16 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705115720/https://www.bappenas.go.id/files/2713/5227/9312/bag-z-74-75-cek__20090130070903__25.doc |archive-date=5 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMaqCLchf9UC&pg=PT114 |title=Geografi |publisher=Grasindo |isbn=9789797596194 |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-date=5 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805101052/https://books.google.com/books?id=MMaqCLchf9UC&pg=PT114 |url-status=live }}</ref>