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Chake-Chake
Pemba Southtown
Chake-Chake
Total population
52,047
Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Chake-Chake is the administrative and commercial capital of the Tanzanian island of Pemba. The town is located within the Chake Chake District. It is in the centre of a deep indentation in the west coast called Chake-Chake Bay. In addition to being the capital, Chake-Chake is also the seat of Pemba's court. Pemba's only airport is 7 km south-east of Chake-Chake. In 2022, the population of the Chake-Chake metropolitan area was 136,298.
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History
Chake-Chake was first occupied between 1500 and 1600. Today, it houses the Pemba Museum, preserving artifacts that reflect Pemba’s cultural heritage.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Nearby places in Pemba South
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- Tinma3121.3 mi away
- Dakoré3126.8 mi away
- Sibalo3129.1 mi away · pop. 1,082
- Goungré3130.5 mi away · pop. 1,434
- Kalsaka3134.7 mi away · pop. 3,884
- Lantaga3137 mi away
- Rakounga3137.8 mi away
- Nibiella3137.9 mi away
- Pilimpikou3140.6 mi away · pop. 6,750
- Pélegtanga3140.7 mi away · pop. 2,641
- Robolo3142.8 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API