
Wete is a town located on the
Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...
n island of
Pemba. It is the capital of
Pemba North Region, as well as the administrative seat for
Wete District. It lies on the west side of the north part of the island. The town has a population of 35,951 (2022 census).
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The harbor at Wete was a major port-of-entry for Pemba; however, in recent years it has been mostly superseded by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
Unguja (also referred to as "Zanzibar Island" or simply "Zanzibar", in – as mentioned in The ''Periplus of the Erythraean Sea'') is the largest and most populated island of the Zanzibar archipelago, in Tanzania.
History
Geography
Unguja is ...
island. This climate is classified as a
tropical monsoon climate
An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate subtype that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ' ...
(''Am'') by
the Köppen system. The average temperature in Wete is . The average annual rainfall is . The monthly average temperatures are usually between . 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.
Sports
The wete is home to
football
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clubs
Jamhuri and Mwenge.
References
Cities in Zanzibar
Pemba Island
Pemba North Region
Regional capitals in Tanzania
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