Wete District

Wete District is one of the two districts in the North Pemba Region of Tanzania. The administrative seat is the town of Wete. As of 2002, Wete District had a population of 102,482.

Geography

Wete District is on Pemba Island and nearby islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa. The islands themselves are composed of sedimentary rocks deposited during the Neogene and Quaternary consisting of mostly limestones and sandstones with marls and some shale, as well as unconsolidated sands and clays. The sediments are nearly flat laying producing a gently undulating and rolling plain.

Islets

Fundo - is located few miles from Wete. It is the only inhabited island among the group of islets forming the north-west reef of Pemba. The other islets there include Njao, Kashani, Kokota, Funzi, and Uvinje.

Njao - is the northern most islet on the Fundo group. It is mainly used for agricultural purposes.
Kashani - is on the same reef as Fundo but on the southernmost tip close to Ras Mkumbuu.
Kokota - is located at the southern mouth of Wete port.
Funzi - lies east of Kokota and south of Uvinje island.
Uvinje - is used for farming and located at the southern mouth of Wete port.

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Wete

Wete 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 an 2013 estimated population of 29,606.

To the southwest of Wete Harbour, about a kilometre away, is the small island of Matambwe, site of Shirazi ruins of a medieval town.

The harbor at Wete was a major port-of-entry for Pemba; however, in recent years it has been mostly superseded by Mkoani.