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
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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New Caledonia is a sui generis collectivity of overseas France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, south of Vanuatu, about east of Australia, and from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines, and a few remote islets.[1] The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea. French people, especially locals, call Grande Terre "" ("the pebble").

New Caledonia has a land area of divided into three provinces. The North and South Provinces are on the New Caledonian mainland, while the Loyalty Islands Province is a series of islands off the mainland. New Caledonia's population of 271,407 (October 2019 census) is of diverse origins and varies by geography; in the North and in Loyalty Islands Provinces, the indigenous Kanak people predominate, while the wealthy South Province contains significant populations of European (Caldoches and Metropolitan French), Kanak, and Polynesian (mostly Wallisian) origin, as well as smaller groups of Southeast Asian, Pied-Noir, and North African heritage. The capital of New Caledonia is Nouméa.[2]

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