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Houaïlou has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classificationAm). The average annual temperature in Houaïlou is Шаблон:Cvt. The average annual rainfall is Шаблон:Cvt with March as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around Шаблон:Cvt, and lowest in August, at around Шаблон:Cvt. The highest temperature ever recorded in Houaïlou was Шаблон:Cvt on 5 March 1952; the coldest temperature ever recorded was Шаблон:Cvt on 3 August 1985.
The town is part of the Ajië-Aro Kanak cultural grouping, and Ajië is the local language. Over 90% of the population identified as Kanak in the 2014 census. There are some European mine workers and farmers, and a small number of Polynesians, and Asian from different countries.
Economy
The formal economy is based almost exclusively on nickel mining operations, with two local mines - Maï at Poro the Ballande mines at Bâ. Locals can train for mining jobs at the CFTMC in Poro. Service activities include the local administration and gendarmerie, schools, several small shops and other facilities.
Local Kanak tribes have traditionally operated a semi subsistence economy, with some waged labour, migrant income, and substantial cultivation. Houaïlou's farmers produce Lychees, a fruit introduced by a colonist from Réunion, Jolimont Kabar. There is a Fête du letchi each December, although production is unreliable in this climate and the festival is sometimes cancelled.
Georges Baudoux (1870-1949), author, lived in Houaïlou from 1928 to 1948[1]
Maurice Leenhardt (1878-1954), Protestant missionary, translator, and later anthropologist, built up the Protestant mission Dö Nèvâ 3 km upstream in the Houaïlou valley in 1902, and lived there until 1922.
Delin Wéma, anti-independence Kanak politician. Minister of Education in the New Caledonia government, 1984–1985.
