Touho | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Province: | North Province |
Map Size: | 270px |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Touho (Nouvelle-Calédonie).svg |
Adjustable Map: | Locator map of Touho 2018.png |
Map Caption: | Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia |
Insee: | 98830 |
Postal Code: | 98831 |
Mayor: | Alphonse Poinine[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | -20.79°N 165.23°W |
Elevation M: | 10 |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 1069 |
Area Km2: | 283.0 |
Population: | 2380 |
Population Date: | 2019 census |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Ethnic: | Kanaks 81.01% Europeans 6.47% Wallisians and Futunans 0.17% Mixed 9.37% Other 2.98% |
Ethnic Date: | 2019 census |
Touho (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Touho lies on the east coast of the main island (Grande Terre) and is served by a road and an airfield.
The vocational school, Lycée Professionnel Augustin Ty,[3] was officially opened in 1994. It is located directly opposite the airport.
Touho has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Touho is . The average annual rainfall is with March as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around, and lowest in August, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Touho was on 22 March 2016; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 23 September 1994.