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Lifou Island, historically spelt Lifu or Lefu in English, and known as Drehu in the local language, is the largest, most populous and most important island of the Loyalty Islands, in the archipelago of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.
Lifou is a makatea (raised coral atoll), an ancient lagoon slowly raised by geological processes. [8] Due to the uplift, Lifou consists of a wide, flat centre surrounded by cliffs which correspond to the ancient reefal cliffs. [9] The coral rock exhibits high porosity and hence, neither Lifou nor any of the other Loyalty Islands have surface ...
Drehu ([É–ehu]; also known as Dehu, [2] Lifou, [3] Lifu, [4] qene drehu [5]) is an Austronesian language mostly spoken on Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. It has about 12,000 fluent speakers and the status of a French regional language .
The provincial government seat is at Lifou. The Loyalty Islands are a collectivité territoriale of France. The province's 2019 population was approximately 18,353 inhabitants living on almost 2,000 km 2 (770 sq mi). The native inhabitants are Melanesians who speak various Kanak languages and Polynesians who speak the Fagauvea language.
It is located on the east coast of Lifou Island. Wé is the administrative centre of the commune of Lifou as well as the location of the provincial assembly of the Loyalty Islands. The population of Wé is unknown but the island of Lifou, of which Wé is the capital, [1] has a population of 9,195 in 2019. [2]
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Drehu – Dehu, Lifou, Lifu, Qene Drehu Official language in: Lifou, New Caledonia; ... English – English Official language in: 54 countries and 27 non-sovereign ...
Evanès Boula is the current chief of Lössi and high chief of Lifou in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. [1] His is one of three Kanak chieftaincies on the island of Lifou, the others being Gaïtcha and Wetr, [2] and was established by the Boula dynasty prior to the arrival of French colonists. [1]