New Caledonia
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New Caledonia Nouvelle-Calédonie
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Motto: "Terre de parole, terre de partage"
"Land of speech, land of sharing" |
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Anthem: Soyons unis, devenons frères
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| Status | Special collectivity |
| Capital and largest city |
Nouméa 22°16′S 166°28′E / 22.267°S 166.467°E |
| Official languages | French |
| Recognised regional languages | and 35 other native languages |
| Demonym | New Caledonian |
| Sovereign state |  French Republic |
| Government | Dependent territory |
| François Hollande | |
| Philippe Germain | |
| Thierry Lataste | |
| Legislature | Territorial Congress |
| Special collectivity of France | |
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• Annexed by France
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1853 |
| 1946 | |
| 1999 | |
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• Total
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18,576 km2 (7,172 sq mi) (154th) |
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• Land
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18,275 km2 (7,056 sq mi) |
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• Aug. 2014 census
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268,767 |
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• Density
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14.5/km2 (37.6/sq mi) (200th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate |
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US$9.89 billion |
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• Per capita
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US$38,921 |
| Currency | CFP franc (XPF) |
| Time zone | UTC+11 |
| Drives on the | right |
| Calling code | +687 |
| ISO 3166 code | NC |
| Internet TLD | .nc |
Coordinates: 21°15′S 165°18′E / 21.25°S 165.30°E
New Caledonia (French: Nouvelle-Calédonie) is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia and 16,136 km (10,026 mi) east of 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. The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea. Locals refer to Grande Terre as Le Caillou ("the pebble").
New Caledonia has a land area of 18,576 km2 (7,172 sq mi). Its population of 268,767 (Aug. 2014 census) consists of a mix of Kanak people (the original inhabitants of New Caledonia), people of European descent (Caldoches and Metropolitan French), Polynesian people (mostly Wallisians), and Southeast Asian people, as well as a few people of Pied-Noir and Maghreban descent. The capital of the territory is Nouméa.
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