Ouvéa
Ouvéa | |
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 Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia | |
Location of Ouvéa  | |
| Coordinates: 20°39′08″S 166°33′43″E / 20.6522°S 166.5619°E | |
| Country | Mixed 3.97% Other 4.62% |
| Time zone | UTC+11:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | /98814 |
| Elevation | 0–46 m (0–151 ft) (avg. 2 m or 6.6 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. | |
Ouvéa (local pronunciation: [uˈve.a]) or Uvea is a commune in the Loyalty Islands Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The settlement of Fayaoué [faˈjawe], on Ouvéa Island, is the administrative centre of the commune.[3]
Geography
Ouvéa is made up of Ouvéa Island, the smaller Mouli Island and Faiava Island, and several islets around these three. All lie among the Loyalty Islands, to the northeast of New Caledonia's mainland.
Important Bird Area
Ouvea has been recognised as an
Climate
Ouvéa has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am). The average annual temperature in Ouvéa is 24.6 °C (76.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,345.3 mm (52.96 in) with March as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around 27.4 °C (81.3 °F), and lowest in July, at around 21.6 °C (70.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Ouvéa was 35.3 °C (95.5 °F) on 7 February 2016; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 6.4 °C (43.5 °F) on 10 August 1981.
| Climate data for Ouvéa (Ouloup, 1991–2020 averages, extremes 1971−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.0 (93.2) |
35.3 (95.5) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.2 (91.8) |
31.0 (87.8) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.3 (84.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.3 (88.3) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.9 (93.0) |
35.3 (95.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.3 (86.5) |
30.6 (87.1) |
29.9 (85.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
27.1 (80.8) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.0 (77.0) |
25.1 (77.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
27.4 (81.3) |
28.5 (83.3) |
29.7 (85.5) |
27.9 (82.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.1 (80.8) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.0 (78.8) |
24.1 (75.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
23.9 (75.0) |
25.1 (77.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.9 (75.0) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.1 (75.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
18.1 (64.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.8 (65.8) |
20.3 (68.5) |
21.7 (71.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) |
15.7 (60.3) |
13.7 (56.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
9.7 (49.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
7.3 (45.1) |
6.4 (43.5) |
8.1 (46.6) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.2 (50.4) |
12.3 (54.1) |
6.4 (43.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 167.1 (6.58) |
164.8 (6.49) |
199.6 (7.86) |
155.7 (6.13) |
111.0 (4.37) |
98.6 (3.88) |
69.1 (2.72) |
85.0 (3.35) |
60.0 (2.36) |
52.4 (2.06) |
76.4 (3.01) |
105.6 (4.16) |
1,345.3 (52.96) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.1 | 12.0 | 13.2 | 10.3 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 8.3 | 101.6 |
| Source: Météo-France[5] | |||||||||||||
History
Ouvéa is a
Kanak activism
In April 1988, a hostage taking took place on Ouvéa. Four
Languages
The native languages of Ouvéa are the
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
- ^ "Destination îles Loyauté – Nouvelle-Calédonie – Le site officiel du tourisme aux îles Loyauté". Iles-loyaute.com.
- ^ "Ouvea Island". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
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