Tapaktuan is a town and administrative district (kecamatan) in the southwest of Aceh province of Indonesia.

The town is the capital (seat of the government) of South Aceh Regency.

The district covers a land area of 106.99 km2, which is subdivided into 18 towns and villages (gampong).

[1] Tapaktuan has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

This Aceh location article is a stub.