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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to New Caledonia:

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'' collectivity" (in practice an overseas territory) of France, comprising a main island (''Grande Terre''), the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands. It is located in the region of Melanesia in the southwest Pacific. At about half the size of Taiwan, it has a land area of 18,575.5 square kilometres (7,172 sq mi). The population was 244,600 inhabitants as of January 2008 official estimates. The capital and largest city of the territory is Nouméa. The currency is the CFP franc. Since 1986 the United Nations Committee on Decolonization has included New Caledonia on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories. New Caledonia decided to remain within the

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after three referendums held in 2018, 2020, and 2021. The future status of New Caledonia (i.e. possibility of becoming an independent state) is not settled, however. Its capital Nouméa is the seat of the regional organization the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (formerly the South Pacific Commission).

General reference

* Common English country name:

* Official English country name:

* Common

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List of countries and capitals in native languages The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English as well as any additional official language(s). * In bold: Internationally recognized sovereign states ** The 193 member states of the United Na ...

* Official endonym(s):

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* Adjectival(s): New Caledonian *

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(s): * Etymology: Name of New Caledonia * ISO country codes: NC, NCL, 540 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:NC * Internet country code top-level domain:

.nc .nc is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for New Caledonia. Registry operations are managed by the Office des postes et télécommunications. Restrictions Only New Caledonian registered companies or associations, or private in ...

Geography of New Caledonia

Geography of New Caledonia The geography of New Caledonia (''Nouvelle-Calédonie''), an overseas collectivity of France located in the subregion of Melanesia, makes the continental island group unique in the southwest Pacific. Among other things, the island chain has played ...

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'' collectivity" (in practice an overseas territory) of France * Location: ** Southern Hemisphere and

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*** Pacific Ocean **** West Pacific ***** South Pacific Ocean ****** Oceania ******* Melanesia ** Time zone: UTC+11 ** Extreme points of New Caledonia *** High:

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0 m ** Land boundaries: ''none'' ** Coastline: South Pacific Ocean 2,254 km * Population of New Caledonia: 244,600 (January 1, 2008) - —th most populous country * Area of New Caledonia: 18,575 km² * Atlas of New Caledonia

Environment of New Caledonia

* Tropical Climate * Renewable energy in New Caledonia *

Geology of New Caledonia The geology of New Caledonia includes all major rock types (igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic), which here range in age from ~290 million years old (Ma) to recent. Their formation is driven by alternate plate collisions and rifting. The mantle- ...

* Protected areas of New Caledonia ** Biosphere reserves in New Caledonia ** National parks of New Caledonia * Wildlife of New Caledonia **

Fauna of New Caledonia The biodiversity of New Caledonia is of exceptional biological and paleoecological interest. It is frequently referred to as a biodiversity hotspot.Myers, Norman; Mittermeier, Russell A. ; Mittermeier, Cristina G.; da Fonseca, Gustavo A. B.; Ke ...

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Birds of New Caledonia Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight s ...

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Mammals of New Caledonia Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fu ...

Natural geographic features of New Caledonia

* Fjords of New Caledonia * Glaciers of New Caledonia *

Islands of New Caledonia An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

* Lakes of New Caledonia *

Mountains of New Caledonia A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

** Volcanoes in New Caledonia *

Rivers of New Caledonia A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

** Waterfalls of New Caledonia * Valleys of New Caledonia * World Heritage Sites in New Caledonia

Administrative divisions of New Caledonia

Administrative divisions of New Caledonia The French sui generis collectivity of New Caledonia is divided into three provinces, which in turn are divided into 33 communes. There is also a system of eight ''tribal areas'' for the indigenous Kanak people, and three decentralized ''subdivis ...

Provinces of New Caledonia A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outs ...

** Districts of New Caledonia *** Municipalities of New Caledonia

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of New Caledonia: Nouméa * Cities of New Caledonia

Demography of New Caledonia

Demographics of New Caledonia Demographic features of the population of New Caledonia include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Historical population Vital ...

Government and politics of New Caledonia

Politics of New Caledonia *

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of New Caledonia: Nouméa * Elections in New Caledonia *

Political parties in New Caledonia This article lists political parties in New Caledonia. New Caledonia has a number of strong, well-developed political parties because of the use of proportional representation in the island's Congress. The major issue dividing the parties is th ...

Branches of the government of New Caledonia

Government of New Caledonia

Executive branch of the government of New Caledonia

* Head of state: President of New Caledonia, * Head of government: Prime Minister of New Caledonia, * Cabinet of New Caledonia

Legislative branch of the government of New Caledonia

* Parliament of New Caledonia (

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) ** Upper house: Senate of New Caledonia **

Lower house A lower house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has co ...

: House of Commons of New Caledonia

Judicial branch of the government of New Caledonia

* Supreme Court of New Caledonia

Foreign relations of New Caledonia

Foreign relations of New Caledonia * Diplomatic missions in New Caledonia * Diplomatic missions of New Caledonia * France-New Caledonia relations

International organization membership

New Caledonia is a member of: * International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) *

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(PIF) (associate member) * Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) * Universal Postal Union (UPU) * World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) * World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Military of New Caledonia

Military of New Caledonia * Command ** Commander-in-chief: Brigadier General Martial de Braquilanges *** Ministry of Defence of New Caledonia * Forces ** Army of New Caledonia ** Navy of New Caledonia ** Air Force of New Caledonia ** Special forces of New Caledonia * Military history of New Caledonia * Military ranks of New Caledonia

History of New Caledonia

Culture of New Caledonia

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* Architecture of New Caledonia * Cuisine of New Caledonia * Festivals in New Caledonia *

Languages of New Caledonia New Caledonia, a part of the French Republic, uses French language, French as its official language, following the constitutional law 92-554 (June 1992). The thirty New Caledonian languages form a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages. They a ...

* Media in New Caledonia * National symbols of New Caledonia ** Coat of arms of New Caledonia **

Flag of New Caledonia Two flags are in use in New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France. Up to 2010, the only flag used to represent New Caledonia was the flag of France, a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue ( hoist side), white, and red k ...

** National Anthem of New Caledonia * People of New Caledonia * Public holidays in New Caledonia * Records of New Caledonia *

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Christianity in New Caledonia Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global popula ...

** Hinduism in New Caledonia **

Islam in New Caledonia Islam in New Caledonia is a minority faith, consisting of 2.6% of population or 6,357 people. The community is largely ethnic Javanese, and primarily speaks French, and Arabic or Indonesian, causing a linguistic gap between them and neighbouring ...

** Judaism in New Caledonia ** Sikhism in New Caledonia * World Heritage Sites in New Caledonia

Art in New Caledonia

* Art in New Caledonia * Cinema of New Caledonia * Literature of New Caledonia *

Music of New Caledonia The music of New Caledonia is rooted in the Melanesian tradition. The Pacific Tempo is an important music festival, held every three years in ngland the biennial equinox is also an important celebration. Modern popular performers include OK! ...

* Television in New Caledonia * Theatre in New Caledonia * Oceanian Countries

Economy and infrastructure of New Caledonia

Economy of New Caledonia * Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 147th (one hundred and forty seventh) * Agriculture in New Caledonia * Banking in New Caledonia ** National Bank of New Caledonia *

Communications in New Caledonia Telephones Country calling code: 687 Telephones - main lines in use: 53,300 (2004) (up from 44,000 in 1995) Telephones - mobile cellular: 116,400 (2004) (up from 825 in 1995) Telephone system: ''domestic:'' NA ''international:'' satellite eart ...

Internet in New Caledonia Telephones Country calling code: 687 Telephones - main lines in use: 53,300 (2004) (up from 44,000 in 1995) Telephones - mobile cellular: 116,400 (2004) (up from 825 in 1995) Telephone system: ''domestic:'' NA ''international:'' satellite eart ...

Companies of New Caledonia A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...

* Currency of New Caledonia: Franc **

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: XPF * Energy in New Caledonia ** Energy policy of New Caledonia ** Oil industry in New Caledonia * Mining in New Caledonia *

Tourism in New Caledonia right New Caledonia was "largely indifferent to tourists ... as long as nickel mining remained economically dominant". After the Korean War and Vietnam War, world prices for nickel collapsed (1970s) and aggressive marketing campaigns were initiat ...

* Transport in New Caledonia * New Caledonia Stock Exchange

Education in New Caledonia

Education in New Caledonia Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

Infrastructure of New Caledonia

* Health care in New Caledonia * Transportation in New Caledonia **

Airports in New Caledonia This is a list of airports in New Caledonia, sorted by location. New Caledonia (french: Nouvelle-Calédonie) is an Overseas territory (France), overseas territory (''territoire d'outre-mer'' or ''TOM'') of France, made up of a main island (Grande ...

Rail transport in New Caledonia Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport *Rail transport and related matters *Rail (rail transport) or railway lines, the running surface of a railway Arts and media Film * ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' ( ...

** Roads in New Caledonia * Water supply and sanitation in New Caledonia

References

External links

Official website
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Lonely Planet WorldGuide profile
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Website for l'Association Endemia: New Caledonian biodiversity
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* ttp://www.brousse-en-folie.com/ Brousse-en-folieA popular local comic strip series
General information and maps of the provinces, municipalities and the tribal zones
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Tourism Information of New-Caledonia

Surf New Caledonia

Diving in New Caledonia
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