Boulouparis
Boulouparis | |
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 The church of Bouloupari | |
 Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia | |
Location of Boulouparis  | |
| Coordinates: 21°52′02″S 166°02′39″E / 21.8672°S 166.0442°E | |
| Country | France |
| Sui generis collectivity | New Caledonia |
| Province | South Province |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pascal Vittori[1] |
| Area 1 | 865.6 km2 (334.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2019 census)[2] | 3,315 |
| • Density | 3.8/km2 (9.9/sq mi) |
| Ethnic distribution | |
| • 2019 census | Kanaks 30.17% Europeans 27.66% Wallisians and Futunans 2.23% Mixed 16.08% Other 23.86% |
| Time zone | UTC+11:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 98802 /98812 |
| Elevation | 0–1,441 m (0–4,728 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft) |
| 1 New Caledonia Land Register (DITTT) data, which exclude lakes and ponds larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers. | |
Boulouparis (French pronunciation: [bulupaʁi]) is a commune in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Boulouparis has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh), though closely bordering on the tropical savanna climate (Aw) more typical of the west coast of Grande Terre. The average annual temperature in Boulouparis is 24.3 °C (75.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 694.0 mm (27.32 in) with March as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around 27.7 °C (81.9 °F), and lowest in July, at around 20.9 °C (69.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Boulouparis was 39.1 °C (102.4 °F) on 8 January 2002; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 11.7 °C (53.1 °F) on 12 August 2015.
| Climate data for Boulouparis (Bouraké, 1991−2020 normals, extremes 2000−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 39.1 (102.4) | 38.7 (101.7) | 37.4 (99.3) | 34.3 (93.7) | 32.9 (91.2) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.8 (91.0) | 31.3 (88.3) | 33.9 (93.0) | 34.9 (94.8) | 37.4 (99.3) | 38.2 (100.8) | 39.1 (102.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.9 (89.4) | 30.8 (87.4) | 29.1 (84.4) | 27.2 (81.0) | 25.8 (78.4) | 24.9 (76.8) | 25.4 (77.7) | 27.1 (80.8) | 28.8 (83.8) | 30.0 (86.0) | 31.4 (88.5) | 28.7 (83.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.7 (81.9) | 26.8 (80.2) | 25.2 (77.4) | 23.2 (73.8) | 21.8 (71.2) | 20.7 (69.3) | 20.9 (69.6) | 22.2 (72.0) | 23.9 (75.0) | 25.2 (77.4) | 26.9 (80.4) | 24.3 (75.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.5 (74.3) | 22.9 (73.2) | 21.4 (70.5) | 19.2 (66.6) | 17.8 (64.0) | 16.4 (61.5) | 16.4 (61.5) | 17.1 (62.8) | 19.1 (66.4) | 20.5 (68.9) | 22.3 (72.1) | 20.0 (68.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 18.7 (65.7) | 18.4 (65.1) | 17.8 (64.0) | 16.5 (61.7) | 13.4 (56.1) | 12.1 (53.8) | 11.9 (53.4) | 11.7 (53.1) | 12.8 (55.0) | 13.9 (57.0) | 15.8 (60.4) | 17.7 (63.9) | 11.7 (53.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 92.8 (3.65) | 77.4 (3.05) | 101.3 (3.99) | 63.9 (2.52) | 54.5 (2.15) | 52.1 (2.05) | 48.4 (1.91) | 56.4 (2.22) | 24.8 (0.98) | 22.9 (0.90) | 35.1 (1.38) | 64.4 (2.54) | 694.0 (27.32) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.4 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 66.2 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Twin towns – sister cities
[edit]Boulouparis is twinned with:[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019, Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF). Météo-France. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
- ^ "Jumelage". boulouparis.nc (in French). Boulouparis. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
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