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The forces number 1750 from the 3 branches of the armed forces (excluding the Gendarmerie) of which 1200 are permanent. [1]Insignia of the Pacific Marine Infantry Regiment of New Caledonia (RIMAP NC) Order of battle of the Pacific Marine Infantry Regiment
Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes (The Caledonian News) is a daily, French-language newspaper published in New Caledonia since June 15, 1971. New Caledonia's only daily publication, the newspaper does not publish a Sunday edition. Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes was owned by Groupe Hersant Média until 2013, when the Caledonian private investors took ...
The University of New Caledonia UNC (Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie) is a French university which is part of the Academy of New Caledonia located in Nouméa and Koné. The university goes back to 1987 when the Université Française du Pacifique (French University of the Pacific) was created, with two centres, one in French Polynesia and ...
In New Caledonia, there are three electoral rolls: one general roll for the Congress, French president and French Parliament consisting of all French citizens, one special roll for elections to the provincial assemblies, and one liste électorale spéciale (LESC, a special electoral roll for referendums). [15]
The local political class was divided on the question of the agreement. The following political figures and parties called for a "yes" vote: the two main signatories, Jacques Lafleur's RPCR (which focuses on "at least 20 years of peace and stability" and a "future in the Republic") and Rock Wamytan's FLNKS (on behalf of the general interest of the country and future generations "),
An independence referendum was held in New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific, on 12 December 2021.The vote was the third and final one to be held under the terms of the Nouméa Accord, following votes in 2018 and 2020.
New Caledonia's main tertiary education institution is the University of New Caledonia (Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie), which was founded in 1993 and comes under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. It is based in Nouméa and offers a range of vocational, Bachelor, MA, and PhD programs and courses.
1/75th-scale model of Prince Jérôme alias La Loire, on display at the Swiss Museum of Transport. Prison on the L'Île-des-Pins. The Algerians of the Pacific were a group of Algerian men deported by French authorities to labor camps on the island of New Caledonia, after taking part in the 1871–1872 Mokrani Revolt against colonial rule in Algeria.