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 is a commune in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.
Geography
Climate
Boulouparis has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw) closely bordering on a semi-arid climate (BSh). 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) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
References
- ↑ "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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