New Caledonia

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New Caledonia

Nouvelle-Calédonie


One of the two official flags	Emblem

Anthem: La Marseillaise (national)

Capital
(and largest city)

Nouméa

Official language(s)

French

Local languages New Caledonian languages, Loyalty Island languages and Tayo

Government

Dependent territory

- Presidential Head of State Nicolas Sarkozy

- President of the Government of New Caledonia Harold Martin

- High Commissioner Yves Dassonville

Sui generis collectivity of France

- Annexed by France 1853

- Overseas territory 1946

- Sui generis collectivity 1999

Area

- Total 18,575 km² (154th)
7,359 sq mi

Population

- Jan. 1, 2009 estimate 249,000^[1] (178th)

- Aug./Sept. 2004 census 230,789^[2]

- Density 13/km² (200th)
34/sq mi

GDP (nominal) 2007 estimate

- Total US$8.82 billion^[3] (not ranked)

- Per capita US$36,376 ^[3] (not ranked)

HDI (2003) n/a (unranked) (n/a)

Currency CFP franc (XPF)

Time zone (UTC+11)

ISO 3166 code

Internet TLD

.nc

Calling code 687

Source: CIA World Factbook
Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of July 12, 2011