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Wete
Pemba North · Tanzania
City population
35,951
#77
in Tanzania
#15,339
worldwide
-5.056, 39.729 · 459 km from Dodoma
About Wete
Wete is a city in Pemba North, Tanzania with a population of 35,951. It is the 77th largest of the 223 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Tanzania, and the 15,339th largest worldwide. It lies 459 km from Dodoma.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Pemba North
Elevation
53 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
Coordinates
-5.056, 39.729
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 223 in TanzaniaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.