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Map of New Caledonia Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia. This article shows a list of cities, towns and villages in New Caledonia. ... Loyalty Islands: 6: Maré ...
The islands are part of the New Caledonia rain forests ecoregion. The chief export of the Loyalty Islands is copra. An earthquake of moment magnitude 7.7 was reported just after midnight on 11 February 2021 in an area south-east of the islands, with several aftershocks. [7]
This is a list of islands of New Caledonia. ... Capital Other cities Area ... New Caledonia: 0: 0 :::Loyalty Islands: Wé ...
New Caledonia's population of 271,407 (October 2019 census) [10] is of diverse origins and varies by geography; in the North and Loyalty Islands Provinces, the indigenous Kanak people predominate, while the wealthy South Province contains significant populations of European (Caldoches and Metropolitan French), Kanak, and Polynesian (mostly ...
The French sui generis collectivity of New Caledonia is divided into three provinces, which in turn are divided into 33 communes. There is also a system of eight tribal areas for the indigenous Kanak people , and three decentralized subdivisions .
An expandable bathymetric and topographic map of New Caledonia and Vanuatu, formerly the New Hebrides.Click to enlarge. New Caledonia is made up of a main island, the Grande Terre, and several smaller islands, the Belep archipelago to the north of the Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands to the east of the Grande Terre, the Isle of Pines to the south of the Grande Terre, the Chesterfield Islands ...
The location of New Caledonia An enlargeable map of New Caledonia. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to New Caledonia: . New Caledonia [1] – "sui generis collectivity" (in practice an overseas territory) of France, comprising a main island (Grande Terre), the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands. [2]
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.