Amamapare
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Port of Amamapare | |
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Native name | Pelabuhan Amamapare |
Location | |
Country | Indonesia |
Location | Mimika Regency, Central Papua |
Coordinates | 4°53′S 136°48′E / 4.883°S 136.800°E |
Amamapare is a port in Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia; National Geographic refer to it as a port town.[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[edit]
Amamapare has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
Climate data for Amamapare | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °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) |
Mean daily minimum °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[edit]
- ^ Family Reference Atlas of the World (Second Edition). National Geographic. p. 189.
- ^ Mining Technology
- ^ "Climate: Amamapare". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
External links[edit]
- Port of Amamapare in Ministry of Transportation website