Tuapeijat

Tuapeijat
Town
Tuapejat harbour
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)
• Total	5,756
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (Western Indonesia Time)

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.

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
Mean daily maximum °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)
Mean daily minimum °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