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capital | Noumea |
Government | overseas territory |
Currency | Pacific Franc (or CFP Franc) (XPF) |
Area | total: 19,060 km2 Water: 485 km2 Earth: 18,575 km2 |
Population | 216,494 (est. July 2006) |
Language | French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects |
Religion | Roman Catholic 60%, Protestants 30%, another 10% |
Electricity | 220V/50Hz |
phone code | 687 |
Internet TLD | .nc |
Time zone | UTC 11 |
New Caledonia (in French: Nouvelle-Caledonie) is an overseas territory of France at Melanesia, located in the Pacific Ocean, in the coral sea, east of the Australia and west of Vanuatu. The territory consists of a main island, called the great earth (grand terre), the archipelago of Loyalty Islands (Îles Loyaute), as well as numerous small sparsely populated islands and atolls.
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