Wete[1] is a town located on the Tanzanian 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).[2]
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.[3]
The harbor at Wete was a major port-of-entry for Pemba;[4] however, in recent years it has been mostly superseded by Mkoani.[5]
- ^ Wete (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & urban localities in Tanzania
- ^ Finke, Jens (2010). The Rough Guide to Zanzibar. Penguin. p. here.
- ^ Gabe, Hans (1969). African harbour pilot. Hans Gade's Harbour Pilots (second ed.). Copenhagen: Hans Gade's Harbour Pilots Succ. p. 390. OCLC 97456.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Mary (2009). East Africa. Footscray, Victoria, Australia: Lonely Planet. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-74104-769-1.