Thio () is a
commune in the
South Province of
New Caledonia
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, an overseas territory of
France
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in the
Pacific Ocean
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.
A novel
Aerial tramway
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built by
Adolf Bleichert & Co. company in 1906 existed here at the start of the 20th century to facilitate loading ore ships offshore.
2024 New Caledonia unrest
During the
2024 New Caledonia unrest
In May 2024, protests and riots broke out in New Caledonia, a Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of overseas France in the Pacific Ocean. The violent protests led to at least 13 deaths, the declaration of a States of emergency ...
, an alleged gunman was shot dead by
French police
Law enforcement in France is centralized at the national level. Recently, legislation has allowed local governments to hire their own police officers which are called the ''Municipal Police (France), police municipale''.
There are two nation ...
in the village.
References
*https://archive.org/details/selectedbibliogr00amerrich 1916. pg 15 “about one thousand yards long”. Refers to Scientific American Supplement November 27, 1909 and Engineering & Mining Journal February 20, 1909 5 pages, illustrated.
*http://www.zapgillou.fr/mondalazac/articleweb/partie2.htm has a postage stamp, a short description and a Google Earth view.
Communes of New Caledonia
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