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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

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, comprising a main

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(''Grande Terre''), the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands. It is located in the

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in the southwest Pacific. At about half the size of

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, 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

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is the CFP franc. Since 1986 the

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Committee on Decolonization has included New Caledonia on the

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. New Caledonia decided to remain within the

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after three

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s 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

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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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(s):

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* Official endonym(s):

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* Adjectival(s): New Caledonian *

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: Name of New Caledonia * ISO country codes: NC, NCL, 540 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:NC *

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.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 ...

* New Caledonia is: a "''

'' collectivity" (in practice an overseas territory) of

* Location: ** Southern Hemisphere and

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***** South Pacific Ocean ******

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: UTC+11 ** Extreme points of New Caledonia *** High:

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*** Low:

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0 m ** Land boundaries: ''none'' ** Coastline: South Pacific Ocean 2,254 km *

Population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

of New Caledonia: 244,600 (January 1, 2008) - —th most populous country *

Area Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape A shape or figure is a graphics, graphical representation of an obje ...

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 ...

*** Mammals of New Caledonia

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 ** Volcanoes in New Caledonia * Rivers of New Caledonia ** 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

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Government and politics of New Caledonia

Politics of New Caledonia *

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of New Caledonia: Nouméa *

Elections in New Caledonia New Caledonia elects a legislature. The Territorial Congress (''Congrès Territorial'') has 54 members, being the members of the three regional councils, all elected for a five-year term by proportional representation. New Caledonia has a multi- ...

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 New Caledonia is a French sui generis collectivity with a system of government based on parliamentarism and representative democracy. The President of the Government is the head of government, and there is a multi-party system, with Executive ...

Executive branch of the government of New Caledonia

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: President of New Caledonia, *

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: 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 An upper house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smalle ...

: Senate of New Caledonia **

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: 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) *

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(UPU) *

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(WFTU) *

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(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 The emblem of New Caledonia consists of a nautilus shell in the foreground; the 2 symbols behind are (from left to right) a ''flèche faîtière'', a kind of arrow which adorns the roofs of Kanak houses, thrust through ''tutut'' shells, and an ''Ar ...

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 ** 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 * 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 *

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

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 ** 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
; Tourism *
Tourism Information of New-Caledonia

Surf New Caledonia

Diving in New Caledonia
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