Martinican Creole
Antillean Creole (Antillean French Creole, Kreyol, Kwéyòl, Patois) is a French-based creole that is primarily spoken in the Lesser Antilles. Its grammar and vocabulary include elements of Carib, English, and African languages.
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, Lajoupabouyon), commonly known as L'Ajoupa (), is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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overseas department and region
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, and island, of
Martinique
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.
Geography
Climate
L'Ajoupa-Bouillon has a
tropical rainforest climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''Af''). The average annual temperature in L'Ajoupa-Bouillon is . The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in September, at around , and lowest in February, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in L'Ajoupa-Bouillon was on 7 April 1998; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 3 February 2005.
Tourism
Nature aficionados can enjoy the L'Ajoupa Gardens, with a great variety of plants and flowers. Furthermore, a long walk called "Gorges De La Falaise", starting from the commune centre, lead the interested people to the core of the
tropical forest
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Some tropical fores ...
, with some marked halts at cascades and important points.