Wete
To the southwest of Wete Harbour, about a kilometre away, is the small island of Matambwe, site of Swahili ruins of a medieval town called Mtambwe Kuu.
The harbor at Wete was a major port-of-entry for Pemba; however, in recent years it has been mostly superseded by Mkoani.
Climate
Wete has a tropical climate, milder than Tanzania's mainland or Unguja island. This climate is classified as a tropical monsoon climate (Am) by the Köppen system. The average temperature in Wete is 25.5 °C or 77.9 °F. The average annual rainfall is 1,714 millimetres or 67 inches. The monthly average temperatures are usually between 23.6 and 27.2 °C (74.5 and 81.0 °F). There are two rainy seasons, with most rainfall coming between March and June and smaller rain season occurring between November and December. Drier months are January and February, plus a longer drier season between July and October.
| Climate data for Wete | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.8 (87.4) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.5 (83.3) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.7 (87.3) |
29.7 (85.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.7 (80.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.5 (76.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
25.5 (77.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 66 (2.6) |
51 (2.0) |
134 (5.3) |
410 (16.1) |
378 (14.9) |
121 (4.8) |
80 (3.1) |
50 (2.0) |
37 (1.5) |
92 (3.6) |
181 (7.1) |
114 (4.5) |
1,714 (67.5) |
| Source: Climate-Data.ORG | |||||||||||||
Sports
The wete is home to football clubs Jamhuri and Mwenge.
References
- ^ Wete (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & urban localities in Tanzania
- ^ Finke, Jens (2010). The Rough Guide to Zanzibar. Penguin. p. here.
- ^ Gabe, Hans (1969). African harbour pilot. Hans Gade's Harbour Pilots (second ed.). Copenhagen: Hans Gade's Harbour Pilots Succ. p. 390. OCLC 97456.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Mary (2009). East Africa. Footscray, Victoria, Australia: Lonely Planet. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-74104-769-1.
- ^ "Wete". Retrieved July 26, 2017.
5°03′24″S 39°43′41″E / 5.05667°S 39.72806°E
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