Sota, South Papua

Sota
Sota
	Sota Location in Papua and Indonesia Sota Sota (Indonesia)
	Coordinates: 8°25′21.9288″S 140°59′53.1312″E / 8.422758000°S 140.998092000°E
Country	Indonesia
Province	South Papua
Regency	Merauke Regency
District	Sota District
Elevation	72 ft (22 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,300
Time zone	UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Standard Time)

Sota is a village in Sota district, Merauke Regency in South Papua province, Indonesia. Its population is 1300.^[1]^: 2052 Sota and Jayapura are the only places with a direct road connection from Indonesia to Papua New Guinea.

Climate

Sota has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from May to November and heavy rainfall from December to April.

Climate data for Sota
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	30.9 (87.6)	30.8 (87.4)	30.8 (87.4)	30.8 (87.4)	30.2 (86.4)	29.2 (84.6)	28.5 (83.3)	29.0 (84.2)	30.3 (86.5)	31.1 (88.0)	32.0 (89.6)	31.7 (89.1)	30.4 (86.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.9 (80.4)	26.9 (80.4)	27.0 (80.6)	26.8 (80.2)	26.4 (79.5)	25.5 (77.9)	24.8 (76.6)	24.9 (76.8)	25.7 (78.3)	26.5 (79.7)	27.2 (81.0)	27.3 (81.1)	26.3 (79.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	23.0 (73.4)	23.0 (73.4)	23.2 (73.8)	22.9 (73.2)	22.7 (72.9)	21.8 (71.2)	21.2 (70.2)	20.9 (69.6)	21.1 (70.0)	21.9 (71.4)	22.4 (72.3)	22.9 (73.2)	22.3 (72.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	266 (10.5)	245 (9.6)	263 (10.4)	184 (7.2)	126 (5.0)	62 (2.4)	48 (1.9)	33 (1.3)	51 (2.0)	77 (3.0)	108 (4.3)	243 (9.6)	1,706 (67.2)
Source: Climate-Data.org^[2]

^ ^a ^b "Population of Indonesia by Village: Result of 2010 Population Census" (PDF). Statistics Indonesia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
^ "Climate: Sota". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved July 25, 2020.

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