Pouembout | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Province: | North Province |
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[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | -21.1279°N 164.8883°W |
Elevation M: | 10 |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 1134 |
Area Km2: | 674.3 |
Population: | 2752 |
Population Date: | 2019 census |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Ethnic: | Kanaks 36.41% Europeans 26.34% Wallisians and Futunans 1.82% Mixed 18.13% Other 17.3% |
Ethnic Date: | 2019 census |
Pouembout (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.
Pouembout has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). The average annual temperature in Pouembout is . The average annual rainfall is with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around, and lowest in July, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Pouembout was on 19 November 1968; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 26 July 1970.