Nouméa
| Nouméa | ||
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City centre and Nouméa Cathedral
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 Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia |
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| Coordinates: 22°16′33″S 166°27′29″E / 22.2758°S 166.4580°ECoordinates: 22°16′33″S 166°27′29″E / 22.2758°S 166.4580°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Sui generis collectivity | New Caledonia | |
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South Province (provincial seat) |
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| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2014–present) | Sonia Lagarde | |
| Area1 | 45.7 km2 (17.6 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,643 km2 (634 sq mi) | |
| Population (June 2015 census)2 | 100,237 | |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 179,509 | |
| • Urban density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) | |
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| • 1996 census |
Whites 50.9% Kanaks 22.9% Polynesians 12.3% Other 13.9% |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 98818 / 98800 | |
| Elevation | 0–167 m (0–548 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft) |
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1 New Caledonia Land Register (DITTT) data, which exclude lakes and ponds larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 New Caledonia Land Register (DITTT) data, which exclude lakes and ponds larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers.
Nouméa (French pronunciation: [numeˈa]) is the capital city of the French special collectivity of New Caledonia. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre, and is home to the majority of the island's European, Polynesian (Wallisians, Futunians, Tahitians), Indonesian, and Vietnamese populations, as well as many Melanesians, Ni-Vanuatu and Kanaks that work in one of the South Pacific's most industrialised cities. The city lies on a protected deepwater harbour which serves as the chief port for New Caledonia.
At the August 2014 census, there were 179,509 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Greater Nouméa (French: agglomération du Grand Nouméa), 100,237 of whom lived in the city (commune) of Nouméa proper. 66.8% of the population of New Caledonia live in Greater Nouméa, which covers the communes of Nouméa, Le Mont-Dore, Dumbéa and Païta.
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