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The country of New Caledonia comprises four archipelagos. The following is a breakdown of the islands of the country. ... Païta, Wé, Tadine, Poindimi ...
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. Maré Island or Nengone ( French : Île de Maré ) is the second-largest of the Loyalty Islands , in the archipelago of New Caledonia , an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean .
New Caledonia is subdivided into 33 communes (municipalities), which in most cases predate the provinces. One commune, Poya, was divided between the two mainland provinces as part of the Matignon Accords. On the list below, communal seats are shown in parentheses if different from the commune name.
The villages or hamlets (French: lieux-dits) of New Caledonia are ordered by municipality (commune) and province. Municipal seats ( chef-lieu ) are shown in the list. South Province
New Caledonia (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / ⓘ KAL-ih-DOH-nee-ə; French: Nouvelle-Calédonie [nuvɛl kaledɔni] ⓘ) [nb 2] is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 220 km (140 mi) southwest of Vanuatu and 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia. [5]
The French Government demanded the removal of missionaries from the London Missionary Society led by Rev. Samuel Macfarlane [1] [2] from the Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia in 1869. This led to the missionaries travelling to the Torres Strait Islands on the vessel Surprise , in an event still celebrated as " The Coming of the Light ", on 1 ...
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The 2021 Loyalty Islands earthquake was a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck offshore between Vanuatu and New Caledonia on February 11, 2021, at 00:19 local time. It is the 4th largest earthquake of 2021 .