New Caledonia
Also known as
- Territoire Des Nouvelle-Caledonie Et Dependances,
- Territoiredesnouvellecaledonieetdependances,
- Nouvelle-Calédonie,
- Territoire Des Nouvelle-Calédonie Et Dépendances
New Caledonia (French: Nouvelle-Calédonie; popular names: Kanaky, Le caillou), is a "sui generis collectivity" (in practice an overseas territory) of France, made up of a main island (Grande Terre), the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands. It is located in the region of Melanesia in the southwest Pacific. At about half the size of Taiwan, it has a land area of 18,575.5 square kilometre (7,172 sq mi). The population was 244,600 inhabitants as of January 2008 official estimates....
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- 18,575.0km²
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- NEW CALEDONIA
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- -1713445
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- NCL
| ISO Numeric |
- 540
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| ISO Alpha Code |
- NC
| ISO Short Name |
- NEW CALEDONIA
| FIPS Code |
- NC
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- FR-NC
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- NC00
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