Amamapare

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Port of Amamapare
Amamapare
Location of the port in Indonesian Papua
Native name
Pelabuhan Amamapare
Location
CountryIndonesia
Location Mimika Regency, Papua
Coordinates 4°53′S136°48′E / 4.883°S 136.800°E / -4.883; 136.800 Coordinates: 4°53′S136°48′E / 4.883°S 136.800°E / -4.883; 136.800

Amamapare is a port in Mimika Regency, 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.

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Climate

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

Climate data for Amamapare
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
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]


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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.