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Commune in New Caledonia, France
| Boulouparis | |
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| Commune | |
 The church of Bouloupari |
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 Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia |
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Location of Boulouparis  |
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| Coordinates: 21°52′02″S 166°02′39″E / 21.8672°S 166.0442°E / -21.8672; 166.0442 | |
| Country | France |
| Sui generis collectivity | New Caledonia |
| Province | South Province |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pascal Vittori[1] |
| Area1 | 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.
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
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Boulouparis is twinned with:[4]
- ^ "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.