Amamapare

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Amamapare
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Port of Amamapare
Location in Indonesia Western New Guinea
Native name
Pelabuhan Amamapare
Location
Country Indonesia
Location Mimika Regency, Central Papua
Coordinates 4°53′S136°48′E / 4.883°S 136.800°E / -4.883; 136.800

Amamapare is a port and industrial centre in Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia; National Geographic refers to it as a port town. [1] 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] There is a coal-fired power station at the port 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
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

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


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