Key facts
Capital: Noumea
Location: Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
Government: Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies
Currency: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF)
Area: 18,575 sq km
Population: 293,608 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
Religion: Roman Catholic 60%, Protestant 30%, other 10%
TimeZone: UTC+11
Tel Code: +687
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