Amamapare

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Amamapare
Town
Amamapare is located in Western New Guinea
Amamapare
Amamapare
Location of the village in Indonesian Papua
Coordinates: 4°53′S 136°48′E / 4.883°S 136.800°E / -4.883; 136.800Coordinates: 4°53′S 136°48′E / 4.883°S 136.800°E / -4.883; 136.800
Country Indonesia
ProvincePapua
Time zoneUTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Standard Time)
ClimateAf

Amamapare is a port town in Papua, Indonesia.[1] It is an important industrial centre and slurry containing copper-gold concentrate is delivered by three pipelines from Grasberg mine over 70 miles away. In Amamapare it is dewatered, filtered and dried and then shipped to smelters around the world.[2] The facilities at the port also include a coal-fired power station, which supplies the Grasberg operations.

Climate[]

Amamapare has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

hideClimate data for Amamapare
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 31.5
(88.7) 		31.5
(88.7) 		31.5
(88.7) 		31.1
(88.0) 		30.6
(87.1) 		29.1
(84.4) 		28.1
(82.6) 		28.3
(82.9) 		29.1
(84.4) 		30.1
(86.2) 		31.4
(88.5) 		31.5
(88.7) 		30.3
(86.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 27.0
(80.6) 		26.9
(80.4) 		27.0
(80.6) 		26.7
(80.1) 		26.4
(79.5) 		25.4
(77.7) 		24.5
(76.1) 		24.8
(76.6) 		25.2
(77.4) 		26.1
(79.0) 		26.9
(80.4) 		26.9
(80.4) 		26.1
(79.1)
Average low °C (°F) 22.5
(72.5) 		22.3
(72.1) 		22.5
(72.5) 		22.4
(72.3) 		22.3
(72.1) 		21.7
(71.1) 		21.0
(69.8) 		21.4
(70.5) 		21.4
(70.5) 		22.1
(71.8) 		22.4
(72.3) 		22.4
(72.3) 		22.0
(71.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 235
(9.3) 		238
(9.4) 		273
(10.7) 		297
(11.7) 		317
(12.5) 		351
(13.8) 		410
(16.1) 		390
(15.4) 		261
(10.3) 		185
(7.3) 		157
(6.2) 		212
(8.3) 		3,326
(131)
Source: Climate-Data.org[3]


References[]

  1. ^ Family Reference Atlas of the World (Second Edition). National Geographic. p. 189.
  2. ^ Mining Technology
  3. ^ "Climate: Amamapare". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved July 24, 2020.


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