Yaté | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Province: | Province Sud |
Map Size: | 270px |
Adjustable Map: | Locator map of Yaté 2018.png |
Map Caption: | Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia |
Insee: | 98832 |
Postal Code: | 98834 |
Mayor: | Victor Gouetcha[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | -22.1676°N 166.9266°W |
Elevation M: | 20 |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 1501 |
Area Km2: | 1338.4 |
Population: | 1667 |
Population Date: | 2019 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Ethnic: | Kanaks 96.16% Europeans 0.72% Wallisians and Futunans 0.18% Mixed 1.68% Other 1.26% |
Ethnic Date: | 2019 census |
Yaté (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The Yaté Dam and Blue River Provincial Park are located within the commune.
Yaté has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Yaté 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 Yaté was on 28 February 2008; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 18 August 2004.