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category of first-tier public health facilities. Second-line services are provided by the remaining four PHCUs. Additionally, the district has two PHCC in the Vitongoji neighborhood and one district hospital at Micheweni Hospital. Two of these healthcare institutions are run by the private sector, and the rest are owned by the government and parastatals.
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was 30 percent, while 19 percent were literate in English, with 9 percent overlap. As of 2018,there are a total of 26 high schools, 34 primary schools, and 22 pre-primary schools in the district.There are 19 separate public health facility units in the Wete district (PHCUs). 14 of them are within the
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The main economic activity of Wete District is agriculture. A short rainy season called vuli, with planting taking place around October/December and harvesting occurring in late January/February, is experienced by the Wete district. A long rainy season called masika, with planting taking place in
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The district commissioner's office and the LGA are both part of the Wete district. The district director is in charge of the latter, while the district commissioner (DC) and district administrative secretary (DAS) are in charge of the former. The office of the DC is a branch of the national
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government. Agriculture, health, education, planning, forestry, sports and culture, livestock, fishing, social welfare, water, construction, and nutrition are among the 12 departments that make up the DC's office.
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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.
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According to the 2012 population census, the Wete district has a total population of 107,916, which is equal to 8.3% of Zanzibar's total population.
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For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Wete District had five constituencies:
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late February/March and harvesting occurring in July/August, immediately follows the vuli season. A variety of crops, including
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In the 2002 census literacy in Micheweni District stood at 40 percent for those aged 5 years and above. Literacy in
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Wete District is administratively divided into seventeen
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District


Location in Pemba North
5°6′57.6″S 39°45′18″E / 5.116000°S 39.75500°E / -5.116000; 39.75500
Tanzania
Region
Pemba South Region
Named for
Wete
1st in Pemba North
1st in Pemba North
Demonym
Ethnic groups
Swahili
Hadimu
Swahili
Pemba North Region
Tanzania
Maldives
Indian Ocean
Micheweni District
Pemba Island
Indian Ocean
Pemba channel
Neogene
Quaternary
cloves
wards
Swahili

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