Pouembout

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Pouembout

|commune status = Commune

|province = North Province

|image = PouemboutRond-point.jpg

|caption = Traditional architecture in Pouembout

|map size = 270px

|adjustable map = Locator map of Pouembout 2018.png

|map caption = Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia

|INSEE = 98825

|postal code = 98825

|mayor = Yann Peraldi{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|coordinates = {{coord|-21.1279|164.8883|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 10

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 1134

|area km2 = 674.3

|population = 2752

|population date = 2019 census

|population footnotes = [https://www.isee.nc/component/phocadownload/category/193-recensement?download=1979:rp-2019-population-logement-menages-communes Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019], Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie

|ethnic = Kanaks 36.41%
Europeans 26.34%
Wallisians and Futunans 1.82%
Mixed 18.13%
Other 17.3%

|ethnic date = 2019 census

}}

Pouembout ({{IPA|fr|pwɛ̃but}}) is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.

Geography

=Climate=

Pouembout has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). The average annual temperature in Pouembout is {{cvt|23.5|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1002.6|mm}} with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around {{cvt|27.0|C}}, and lowest in July, at around {{convert|19.6|C}}. The highest temperature ever recorded in Pouembout was {{cvt|37.9|C}} on 19 November 1968; the coldest temperature ever recorded was {{cvt|6.0|C}} on 26 July 1970.

{{Weather box

|location= Pouembout (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1962−2009)

|metric first= Y

|single line= Y

|Jan record high C = 37.3

|Feb record high C = 37.3

|Mar record high C = 35.5

|Apr record high C = 34.0

|May record high C = 34.1

|Jun record high C = 32.9

|Jul record high C = 31.1

|Aug record high C = 32.0

|Sep record high C = 34.3

|Oct record high C = 34.6

|Nov record high C = 37.9

|Dec record high C = 37.1

|year record high C = 37.9

|Jan high C = 31.9

|Feb high C = 31.8

|Mar high C = 31.1

|Apr high C = 29.8

|May high C = 28.0

|Jun high C = 26.2

|Jul high C = 25.2

|Aug high C = 25.6

|Sep high C = 27.3

|Oct high C = 29.1

|Nov high C = 30.3

|Dec high C = 31.4

|year high C = 29.0

|Jan mean C = 26.8

|Feb mean C = 27.0

|Mar mean C = 26.2

|Apr mean C = 24.7

|May mean C = 22.7

|Jun mean C = 20.9

|Jul mean C = 19.6

|Aug mean C = 19.8

|Sep mean C = 21.1

|Oct mean C = 23.0

|Nov mean C = 24.5

|Dec mean C = 25.9

|year mean C = 23.5

|Jan low C = 21.7

|Feb low C = 22.1

|Mar low C = 21.4

|Apr low C = 19.5

|May low C = 17.5

|Jun low C = 15.7

|Jul low C = 14.0

|Aug low C = 14.0

|Sep low C = 14.8

|Oct low C = 16.8

|Nov low C = 18.8

|Dec low C = 20.4

|year low C = 18.0

|Jan record low C = 14.0

|Feb record low C = 13.6

|Mar record low C = 12.0

|Apr record low C = 10.1

|May record low C = 8.5

|Jun record low C = 6.5

|Jul record low C = 6.0

|Aug record low C = 6.5

|Sep record low C = 7.5

|Oct record low C = 6.2

|Nov record low C = 11.0

|Dec record low C = 11.0

|year record low C = 6.0

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 158.4

|Feb precipitation mm = 156.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 157.4

|Apr precipitation mm = 68.7

|May precipitation mm = 72.1

|Jun precipitation mm = 67.8

|Jul precipitation mm = 48.7

|Aug precipitation mm = 44.2

|Sep precipitation mm = 29.3

|Oct precipitation mm = 32.3

|Nov precipitation mm = 58.1

|Dec precipitation mm = 108.7

|year precipitation mm = 1002.6

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 9.2

|Feb precipitation days = 10.7

|Mar precipitation days = 11.0

|Apr precipitation days = 6.6

|May precipitation days = 5.9

|Jun precipitation days = 6.5

|Jul precipitation days = 5.3

|Aug precipitation days = 4.9

|Sep precipitation days = 3.1

|Oct precipitation days = 3.8

|Nov precipitation days = 5.4

|Dec precipitation days = 7.8

|year precipitation days = 80.3

|source 1 = Meteociel{{cite web|url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=98825001|title=Normales et records pour Pouembout (988)|publisher=Meteociel|access-date=3 June 2022}}}}

References

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{{Administrative divisions of New Caledonia}}

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Category:Communes of New Caledonia

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