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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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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