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 |