Basic facts about New Caledonia
Country name: | New Caledonia |
Capital: | Nouméa |
Country code: | 347 |
Continent: | Australia-Oceania |
Currency name: | CFP franc |
Independence: | |
Independent from: | overseas territory of France; note - a referendum on independence was held in 1998 but did not pass; a new referendum is scheduled to take place between 2014 and 2018 |
Total area (km2): | 18,575 |
Land area (km2): | 18,275 |
Water area (km2): | 300 |
Population: | 264,022 |
Population note: | 264,022 (July 2013 est.) |
Official language: | French |
All languages: | French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects |
Time zone: | (UTC+11) |
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Calling code: | +687 |
Domain: | .nc |