Paparā is a commune of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Paparā is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, themselves part of the Society Islands.[3] At the 2022 census it had a population of 11,743.[2]
Paparā | |
|---|---|
 Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands | |
Location of Paparā  | |
| Coordinates: 17°45′30″S 149°30′30″W / 17.7583°S 149.5083°W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
| Subdivision | Windward Islands |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sonia Punua[1] |
| Area 1 | 92.5 km2 (35.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 11,743 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−10:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 98734 /98712 |
| Elevation | 0–1,638 m (0–5,374 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editClimate
editPaparā has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Paparā is 25.8 °C (78.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,409.0 mm (94.84 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in March, at around 27.1 °C (80.8 °F), and lowest in August, at around 24.2 °C (75.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Paparā was 35.3 °C (95.5 °F) on 24 March 2021; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 14.4 °C (57.9 °F) on 9 August 2013.
| Climate data for Paparā (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1991−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.2 (93.6) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.3 (95.5) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.4 (92.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.2 (90.0) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.7 (90.9) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.7 (92.7) |
34.1 (93.4) |
35.3 (95.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.4 (88.5) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.7 (83.7) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.3 (86.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.7 (80.1) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.7 (80.1) |
25.8 (78.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.8 (69.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 18.3 (64.9) |
18.0 (64.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
17.5 (63.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
14.6 (58.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
15.7 (60.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 224.2 (8.83) |
201.5 (7.93) |
169.2 (6.66) |
197.6 (7.78) |
189.6 (7.46) |
213.0 (8.39) |
133.6 (5.26) |
170.6 (6.72) |
187.3 (7.37) |
206.3 (8.12) |
223.0 (8.78) |
293.1 (11.54) |
2,409 (94.84) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 16.5 | 15.2 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 14.1 | 17.6 | 157.6 |
| Source: Météo-France[4] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Les résultats du recensement de la population 2022 de Polynésie française" [Results of the 2022 population census of French Polynesia] (PDF) (in French). Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. January 2023.
- ^ Décret n° 2005-1611 du 20 décembre 2005 pris pour l'application du statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française, Légifrance
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
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