New Caledonia

Capital: Noumea Population: 252,000 Official Languages: French Time Zone: +11 Dialing Code: +687

Government: Dependent territory Area: 18,576 km2 largest city: Noumea Currency : CFP franc ISO 3166 code: NC

Basic Info

New Caledonia, is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) east of Australia and 16,136 kilometres (10,026 mi) east of Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines and a few remote islets. The Chesterfield Islands in the Coral Sea are also part of New Caledonia. Locals refer to Grande Terre as "Le Caillou", the stone.

Geography

New Caledonia is part of Zealandia, a fragment of the ancient Gondwana super-continent. Zealandia separated from Australia 60–85 million years ago. New Caledonia itself separated from Australia 65 million years ago, subsequently drifting in a north-easterly direction, reaching its present position about 50 million years ago.

Climate

The climate is tropical, with hot and humid period from November to March with temperatures between 27°C and 30°C, and a cooler, dry period from June to August with temperatures between 20°C and 23°C, linked by two short transition periods. The tropical climate is strongly moderated by the oceanic influence and the trade winds that attenuates humidity, which can be close to 80%. The average annual temperature is 23°C, with historical extremes of 2.3°C and 39.1°C.

Religion

Half of the population is Roman Catholic, including almost all of the Europeans, Uveans, and Vietnamese and half of the Melanesian and Tahitian minorities.

Administrative divisions

The institutional organization is the result of the organic law and ordinary law passed by the Parliament on 16 February 1999.

New Caledonia is further divided into 33 municipalities: One commune, Poya, is divided between two provinces. The northern half of Poya, with the main settlement and most of the population, is part of the North Province, while the southern half of the commune, with only 127 inhabitants in 2009, is part of the South Province.

1 Thio 2 Yate 3 L'Ile-des-Pins 4 Le Mont-Dore 5 Noumea 6 Dumbea 7 Paita 8 Bouloupari 9 La Foa 10 Sarramea 11 Farino 12 Moindou 13 Bourail 14 Poya 15 Pouembout 16 Kone

17 Voh 18 Kaala-Gomen 19 Koumac 20 Poum 21 Belep 22 Ouegoa 23 Pouebo 24 Hienghene 25 Touho 26 Poindimie 27 Ponerihouen 28 Houailou 29 Kouaoua 30 Canala 31 Ouvea 32 Lifou 33 Mare

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