Tuapeijat
Tuapeijat (also spelled Tuapejat or Tua Pejat) is a town within North Sipora District (Kecamatan Sipora Utara) in the Mentawai Islands Regency of West Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the administrative seat (capital) of Mentawai Islands Regency. The population was 4,344 at the 2010 Census, and the 2015 estimate gave the population as 5,756. The town's jurisdiction includes three small islands of Siburu, Silabok and Pototoga in addition to the main town areas on Sipora Island.
Tuapeijat | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 View of the town from the main road. | |
  Tuapeijat | |
| Coordinates: 2°1′46.7″S 99°35′31.3″E | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Province |  West Sumatra |
| Regency | Mentawai Islands |
| Subdistrict | North Sipore |
| Area | |
| • Total | 126.06 km2 (48.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 estimate)[1] | |
| • Total | 5,756 |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (Western Indonesia Time) |
Climate
Tuapejat has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Tuapejat | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31.3 (88.3) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.2 (88.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.8 (80.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22.6 (72.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.6 (72.6) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 295 (11.6) |
222 (8.7) |
250 (9.8) |
275 (10.8) |
202 (8.0) |
204 (8.0) |
210 (8.3) |
255 (10.0) |
334 (13.1) |
396 (15.6) |
418 (16.5) |
361 (14.2) |
3,422 (134.6) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Kecamatan Sipora Utara dalam Angka 2016" (PDF) (in Indonesian). Statistics Indonesia. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- "Climate: Tuapejat". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
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