Yaté
Commune of New Caledonia
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Yaté (French: [jate]) 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 | |
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Ouinné, a mining site in the commune of Yaté | |
 Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia | |
 Location of Yaté | |
| Coordinates: 22°10′03″S 166°55′36″E | |
| Country | France |
| Sui generis collectivity | New Caledonia |
| Province | Province Sud |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Victor Gouetcha[1] |
Area 1 | 1,338.4 km2 (516.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[2] | 1,667 |
| • Density | 1.246/km2 (3.226/sq mi) |
| Ethnic distribution | |
| • 2019 census | Kanaks 96.16% Europeans 0.72% Wallisians and Futunans 0.18% Mixed 1.68% Other 1.26% |
| Time zone | UTC+11:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 98832 /98834 |
| Elevation | 0–1,501 m (0–4,925 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 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. | |
Geography
Climate
Yaté has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Yaté is 23.7 °C (74.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,604.9 mm (102.56 in) with March as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around 26.7 °C (80.1 °F), and lowest in August, at around 20.6 °C (69.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Yaté was 34.7 °C (94.5 °F) on 28 February 2008; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 12.3 °C (54.1 °F) on 18 August 2004.
| Climate data for Yaté (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1993−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.0 (93.2) |
34.7 (94.5) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.4 (92.1) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.4 (86.7) |
29.3 (84.7) |
30.0 (86.0) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.8 (92.8) |
34.7 (94.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.5 (85.1) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.0 (82.4) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.7 (83.7) |
27.1 (80.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.2 (79.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
21.6 (70.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.9 (75.0) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.7 (74.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.9 (73.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.1 (73.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20.0 (68.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.0 (62.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
19.3 (66.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
22.0 (71.6) |
20.3 (68.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) |
18.8 (65.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
12.8 (55.0) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
12.9 (55.2) |
14.3 (57.7) |
15.5 (59.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
12.3 (54.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 293.2 (11.54) |
320.3 (12.61) |
415.8 (16.37) |
306.1 (12.05) |
201.9 (7.95) |
159.2 (6.27) |
172.1 (6.78) |
141.0 (5.55) |
133.2 (5.24) |
115.9 (4.56) |
119.1 (4.69) |
227.1 (8.94) |
2,604.9 (102.56) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 16.6 | 17.0 | 19.7 | 17.4 | 15.5 | 13.3 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 13.7 | 166.7 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1,843 | — |
| 2009 | 1,881 | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 21,789 | +1058.4% |
| 2021 | 28,351 | +30.1% |
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