Place:New Caledonia

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NameNew Caledonia
Alt namesKanakysource: Wikipedia
Le caillousource: Wikipedia
Neukaledoniensource: Cassell's German Dictionary (1982); Rand McNally Atlas (1994) p 319
Nouvell-Calédoniesource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 830
Nouvelle Calédoniesource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 446
Nouvelle-Calédoniesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Nouvelle-Calédoniesource: Wikipedia
Nova Caledôniasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1986) p 343
Nueva Caledoniasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) p 319; Shanks, International Atlas (1991) p 280
Territoire de la Novelle-Calédonie et Dépendancessource: Britannica Book of the Year (1993) p 681
Territory of New Caledonia and Dependenciessource: Britannica Book of the Year (1993) p 681
TypeDependent state
Coordinates21.5°S 165.5°E
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Aoumou
Bouloupari
Bourail
Canala
Chépénéhé
Goro
Hienghène
Houaïlu
Kaala-Gomen
Koné
Koumac
La Foa
Moindou
Mont-Dore
Mou
Mouly
Nakéty
Nouméa ( 1854 - )
Ouaco
Paagoumène
Paita
Pam
Ponérihouen
Pouembout
Poum
Poya
Rô
Saint-Joseph
Tadine
Thio
Tiéti
Touho
Vao
Voh
Yaté
Unknown
Îles Bélep
Îles Loyauté
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and east of Metropolitan France.[1] The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines and a few remote islets.[2] The Chesterfield Islands in the Coral Sea are also part of New Caledonia. Locals refer to Grande Terre as "Le Caillou", the stone.

New Caledonia has a land area of 18,576 square kilometres (7,172 sq mi). The population (Jan. 2011 estimate) is 252,000.[3] The capital of the territory is Nouméa.[1]

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