New Caledon
165°18′E / 21.25°S 165.30°E / -21.25; 165.30
New Caledon or New Caledonie (French: Nouvelle-Calédonie) is a stewartry o Fraunce in the Paceefic Ocean. 232,258 fowk bides thare. The caipital ceety o New Caledon is Nouméa (wi aboot 2000 indwallers).
New Caledon Nouvelle-Calédonie | |
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  Banners o New Caledon  Emblem | |
Motto: "Terre de parole, terre de partage" "Laund o speech, laund o sharin" | |
Anthem: Soyons unis, devenons frères | |
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| Status | Special collectivity |
| Caipital and largest city | Nouméa 22°16′S 166°28′E / 22.267°S 166.467°E |
| Offeecial leids | French |
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| Demonym(s) | New Caledonians |
| Sovereign state |  French Republic |
| Govrenment | Dependent territory |
| Emmanuel Macron | |
• Preses o the Govrenment o New Caledon | Philippe Germain |
• Heich Commissioner | Vincent Bouvier |
| Legislatur | Congress |
| Special collectivity o Fraunce | |
• Annexed by France | 1853 |
• Owerseas territory | 1946 |
| 1999 | |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 18,576 km2 (7,172 sq mi) (154th) |
| Population | |
• Aug. 2014 census | 268,767 |
• Density | 14.5/km2 (37.6/sq mi) (200t) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate |
• Tot | US$9.89 billion |
• Per capita | US$38,921 |
| Currency | CFP franc (XPF) |
| Time zone | UTC+11 |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | +687 |
| ISO 3166 code | NC |
| Internet TLD | .nc |
It wis first seen by James Cook on 4 September 1774 upon his seicont vaige.
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