New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a dependent overseas territory of France lying in the western Pacific Ocean, in the Coral Sea, to the east of Australia and west of Vanuatu.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Nouméa
Nouméa is the largest city in and capital of New Caledonia, lying on the main island of Grande Terre.Loyalty Islands
Loyalty Islands Province is one of the three top-level administrative subdivisions of New Caledonia.Chesterfield Islands
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The Chesterfield Islands are a French archipelago of New Caledonia located in the Coral Sea, 550 km northwest of Grande Terre, the main island of New Caledonia.
Destinations
Grande Terre
Grand Terre is the main island in New Caledonia. It is one of the largest islands in the Pacific.Isle of Pines
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The Isle of Pines is an island in the Pacific Ocean, in the archipelago of New Caledonia, an overseas collectivity of France.
New Caledonia
- Type: Archipelago with 284,000 residents
- Description: special collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean
- Language: French
- Categories: dependent territory, French overseas collectivity and locality
- Location: Melanesia, Oceania
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Latitude of centre
-21.4° or 21° 24' southLongitude of centre
165.5° or 165° 30' eastPopulation
284,000Area
19,060 km² (7,359 miles²)Elevation
87 metres (285 feet)Capital
NoumeaCurrency
Franc (XPF)Phone code
.ncInternet domain
687OpenStreetMap ID
node 1367931778OpenStreetMap Feature
place=archipelagoGeoNames ID
2139685Wikidata ID
Q33788New Caledonia Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Kalidunya tamaynut
- Achinese: Kaledonia Barô
- Afar: Jańa Kaledoniya
- Afrikaans: Nieu-Caledonia
- Afrikaans: Nieu-Caledonië
- Afrikaans: Nieu-Kaledonië
- Afrikaans: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Akan: Kaledonia Foforo
- Albanian: Kaledonia e Re
- Albanian: Kaledoni e Re
- Amharic: ኑቨል ካሌዶኒ
- Amharic: ኒው ካሌዶኒያ
- Angika: नया कैलेडोनिया
- Arabic: Bag-o nga Caledonia
- Arabic: كاليدونيا الجديدة
- Arabic: كاليدونيا الجديده
- Arabic: نيوكاليدونيا
- Arabic: نيو كاليدونيا
- Aragonese: Nueba Caledonia
- Aragonese: Nueva Caledonia
- Aragonese: Nueva Caledonya
- Armenian: Նոր Կալեդոնիա
- Arpitan: Novèla-Calèdonie
- Assamese: নিউ কেলিডোনিয়া
- Asturian: Nueva Caledonia
- Azerbaijani: Yeni Kaledoniya
- Bambara: Kaledoni Koura
- Bashkir: Яңы Каледония
- Basque: Kaledonia Berri
- Basque: Kaledonia Berria
- Basque: Kanakia
- Basque: Kanaky
- Basque: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Belarusian: Новая Каледонія
- Bengali: নতুন ক্যালিডোনিয়া
- Bengali: নিউ ক্যালেডোনিয়া
- Bishnupriya: কালেডোনিয়া
- Bosnian: Nova Kaledonija
- Breton: Kaledonia-Nevez
- Breton: Kaledonia Nevez
- Breton: Kanaky
- Bulgarian: Нова Каледония
- Burmese: နယူး ကယ်လီဒိုနီးယား
- Burmese: နယူးကလီဒိုနီးယား
- Catalan: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Catalan: Nova Caledonia
- Catalan: Nova Caledònia
- Cebuano: New Caledonia
- Central Bikol: Nueva Kaledonya
- Chechen: Керла Каледони
- Cherokee: ᎢᏤᎧᎵᏙᏂᎠᏂ
- Cheyenne: New Caledonia
- Chinese: New Caledonia
- Chinese: 新克里多尼亞
- Chinese: 新卡里多尼亞
- Chinese: 新喀爾多尼亞
- Chinese: 新喀里多尼亚
- Chinese: 新喀里多尼亚岛
- Chinese: 新喀里多尼亚群岛
- Chinese: 新喀里多尼亞
- Cornish: Kelesoni Nowydh
- Cornish: Kelesoni Nowyth
- Corsican: Nova Caledonia
- Croatian: Collectivité sui generis
- Croatian: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Croatian: Nova Kaledonija
- Croatian: Nova Keledonija
- Czech: Nová Kaledonie
- Danish: Ny Caledonien
- Danish: Ny Kaledonien
- Dhivehi: ނިއު ކެލެޑޯނިއާ
- Dimli (individual language): Kaledonya Newiye
- Dimli (individual language): Kaledonyaya Newiye
- Dutch: NC
- Dutch: NCL
- Dutch: Nieuw-Caledonie (gebiedsdeel)
- Dutch: Nieuw-Caledonië
- Dzongkha: ནིའུ་ཀ་ལི་དོ་ནི་ཡ
- Egyptian Arabic: كاليدونيا الجديده
- Egyptian Arabic: نيو كاليدونيا
- English: FR-NC
- English: NC
- English: NCL
- English: Nouvelle-Caledonie
- English: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- English: Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies
- Esperanto: NC
- Esperanto: Nov-Kaledonio
- Esperanto: Nova Kaledonio
- Esperanto: Novkaledonio
- Estonian: Uus-Kaledoonia
- Estonian: Uus Kaledoonia
- Ewe: New Kaledonia nutome
- Faroese: Nýkaledónia
- Fiji Hindi: New Caledonia
- Finnish: Uusi-Kaledonia
- Finnish: Uusi Kaledonia
- French: 988
- French: Kanaky
- French: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- French: Territoire des Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dépendances
- French: Territoire des Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances
- Fulah: Nuwel Kaledonii
- Gagauz: Eni Kaledoniya
- Galician: Nova Caledonia
- Ganda: Kaledonya mupya
- Georgian: ახალი კალედონია
- German: FR-PF
- German: Kanaky
- German: Neu-Kaledonien
- German: Neu Caledonien
- German: Neu Kaledonien
- German: Neukaledonien
- German: New Caledonia
- German: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Greek: Νέα Καληδονία
- Guianese Creole French: Nouvèl-Kalédonni
- Gujarati: ન્યુ કેલેડોનિયા
- Gujarati: ન્યુ સેલેડોનિયા
- Haitian: Nouvèl Kaledoni
- Hakka Chinese: Sîn Khak-lî-tô-nì-â
- Hausa: Kaledoniya Sabuwa
- Hausa: New Caledonia
- Hebrew: ניו קלדוניה
- Hebrew: קלדוניה החדשה
- Hindi: नया कैलेडोनिया
- Hindi: न्यू कैलेडोनिया
- Hungarian: Kanaky
- Hungarian: Le caillou
- Hungarian: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Hungarian: Új-Kaledónia
- Icelandic: Nýja-Kaledónía
- Icelandic: Nýja Kaledónía
- Ido: Nov-Kaledonia
- Ido: Nova-Kaledonia
- Igbo: New Caledonia
- Iloko: Baro a Caledonia
- Inari Sami: Uđđâ-Kaledonia
- Indonesian: Kaledonia Baru
- Indonesian: New Caledonia
- Interlingua: Nove Caledonia
- Irish: An Nua-Chaladóin
- Italian: Kanaky
- Italian: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Italian: Nuova-Caledonia
- Italian: Nuova Caledonia
- Japanese: ニューカレドニア
- Japanese: ニューカレドニア島
- Japanese: ヌーベルカレドニー
- Japanese: ヌーヴェル=カレドニー
- Japanese: ヌーヴェルカレドニー
- Javanese: Kaledonia Anyar
- Javanese: Kaledonia Baru
- Javanese: Kalédonia Anyar
- Kabyle: Kalidun
- Kabyle: Kalidunya tamaynut
- Kalaallisut: Nutaaq Caledonia
- Kannada: ನ್ಯೂ ಕ್ಯಾಲಿಡೋನಿಯಾ
- Kannada: ನ್ಯೂ ಕ್ಯಾಲೆಡೋನಿಯಾ
- Kara-Kalpak: Jan'a Kaledoniya
- Kashmiri: نِو کیلِڑونِیا
- Kazakh: Жаңа Каледония
- Khmer: នូវែលកាឡេដូនី
- Kikuyu: Nyukaledonia
- Kinyarwanda: Nuveli Kalidoniya
- Kirghiz: Жаңы Каледония
- Korean: 누벨칼레도니
- Korean: 누벨 칼레도니
- Korean: 누벨칼레도니 섬
- Korean: 뉴칼레도니아
- Korean: 뉴 칼레도니아
- Korean: 뉴칼레도니아 섬
- Kurdish: Kaledonyaya Nû
- Lao: Baro a Caledonia
- Lao: ນິວ ຄາເລໂດເນຍ
- Latin: Nova Caledonia
- Latvian: Jaunkaledonija
- Latvian: Jaunkaledonijas Teritorija
- Latvian: NCL
- Ligurian: Neuva Caledonia
- Limburgan: Nuuj-Caledonië
- Lingala: Kaledoni ya sika
- Lingua Franca Nova: Caledonia Nova
- Lithuanian: Naujoji Kaledonija
- Lithuanian: Naujoji Kalėdonija
- Luba-Katanga: Kaledoni wa mumu
- Luxembourgish: Caledonia
- Luxembourgish: Kanaky
- Luxembourgish: Neikaledonien
- Luxembourgish: New Caledonia
- Luxembourgish: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Macedonian: Нова Каледонија
- Malagasy: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Malay: New Caledonia
- Malayalam: ന്യൂ കാലിഡോണിയ
- Maltese: Kaledonja l-Ġdida
- Maltese: New Caledonia
- Maori: Niu Karetōnia
- Marathi: न्यू कालेदोनिया
- Marathi: न्यू कॅलिडोनिया
- Marathi: न्यू कॅलेडोनिया
- Min Dong Chinese: New Caledonia
- Min Nan Chinese: Kanaky
- Min Nan Chinese: Sin Caledonia
- Min Nan Chinese: Sin Calédonie
- Minangkabau: Kaledonia Baru
- Mingrelian: ახალი კალედონია
- Mongolian: Шинэ Каледони
- Nepali: न्यु क्यालेडोनिया
- North Ndebele: New Caledonia
- Northern Frisian: Neikaledoonien
- Northern Sami: Ođđa-Kaledonia
- Norwegian: Ny-Caledonia
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kaledonier
- Norwegian Bokmål: New Caledonia
- Norwegian Bokmål: Nouvelle Caledonie
- Norwegian Bokmål: Ny-Caledonia
- Norwegian Bokmål: Ny-Kaledonia
- Norwegian Bokmål: Ny Caledonia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: New Caledonia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nouvelle-Caledonie
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nouvelle Caledonie
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nouvelle Calédonie
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Ny-Caledonia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Ny-Calédonia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Ny-Kaledonia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Ny Caledonia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Ny Kaledonia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nycaledonia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nykaledonia
- Occitan (post 1500): Nòva Caledònia
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): New Caledonia
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Nīwe Scotta Ēaland
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Nīƿe Scotta Ēaland
- Oriya: ନୂତନ କାଲେଡୋନିଆ
- Ossetian: Ног Каледони
- Pampanga: New Caledonia
- Panjabi: ਨਿਊ ਕੈਲੇਡੋਨੀਆ
- Persian: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Persian: نیوکالدونیا
- Persian: کالدونیای جدید
- Persian: کالدونیای نو
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Nyuu Kaledonya
- Polish: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Polish: Nowa Kaledonia
- Portuguese: FR-CN
- Portuguese: NC
- Portuguese: NCL
- Portuguese: Nouvelle-Caledonie
- Portuguese: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Portuguese: Nova Caledónia
- Portuguese: Nova Caledônia
- Portuguese: Território da Nova Caledónia e Possessões
- Portuguese: Território da Nova Caledônia e Possessões
- Pushto: نوی کالیډونیا
- Quechua: Kanaki
- Quechua: Kanaky
- Quechua: Musuq Kaliduniya
- Quechua: Musuq Kalidunya
- Quechua: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Quechua: Nueva Caledonia
- Romanian: Noua Caledonie
- Romansh: Nova Caledonia
- Rundi: Niyukaledoniya
- Russian: Новая Каледония
- Samoan: Niu Kaletonia
- Sango: Finî Kaledonïi
- Sardinian: Noa Caledònia
- Scots: New Caledon
- Scots: New Caledonie
- Scottish Gaelic: Cailleann Nuadh
- Serbian: Нова Каледонија
- Serbo-Croatian: Nova Kaledonija
- Shan: ၼိဝ်း ၶႄႇလီႇတူဝ်းၼီးယႃး
- Shona: New Caledonia
- Sicilian: Nova Calidonia
- Silesian: Nowo Kaledůńijo
- Sindhi: نیو ڪالیڊونیا
- Sinhala: නව කලෙඩොනියා
- Sinhala: නව කැලිඩෝනියාව
- Skolt Sami: Ođđ-Kaledonia
- Slovak: Nová Kaledónia
- Slovenian: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Slovenian: Nova Kaledonija
- Somali: Jasiiradda Niyuu Kaledooniya
- South Azerbaijani: یئنی کالدونیا
- Spanish: Kanaky
- Spanish: Neocaledonio
- Spanish: Nouvelle-Caledonie
- Spanish: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Spanish: Nouvelle Caledonie
- Spanish: Nouvelle Calédonie
- Spanish: Nueva Caledonia
- Sundanese: Kaledonia Anyar
- Sundanese: Kaledonia Baru
- Sundanese: Kalédonia Anyar
- Sundanese: New Caledonia
- Swahili: Kaledonia Mpya
- Swahili: New Caledonia
- Swahili: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Swedish: Kanaky
- Swedish: New Caledonia
- Swedish: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Swedish: Nya Caledonien
- Swedish: Nya Kaledonien
- Swiss German: Nöikaledonie
- Tagalog: Bagong Caledonia
- Tagalog: New Caledonia
- Tajik: Каледонияи Нав
- Tamil: நியு கலிடோனியா
- Tamil: நியு காலிடோனியா
- Tamil: நியூ கலிடோனியா
- Tamil: நியூ கேலிடோனியா
- Tatar: Яңа Каледония
- Telugu: క్రొత్త కాలెడోనియా
- Telugu: న్యూ కాలెడోనియా
- Thai: นิวแคลิโดเนีย
- Thai: หมู่เกาะนิวแคลิโดเนีย
- Tigrinya: ኒው ካሌዶኒያ
- Tok Pisin: Niu Kaledonia
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Niu Kaletōnia
- Tosk Albanian: Neukaledonien
- Turkish: Yeni Kaledonya
- Turkmen: Täze Kaledoniýa
- Udmurt: Выль Каледония
- Uighur: Yéngi Kalédoniye
- Uighur: يېڭى كالېدونىيە
- Ukrainian: Нова Каледонія
- Urdu: New Caledonia
- Urdu: نیو کلیڈونیا
- Urdu: نیو کیلیڈونیا
- Uzbek: Yangi Kaledoniya
- Uzbek: Yangi kaledoniya
- Vietnamese: New Caledonia
- Vietnamese: Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Vietnamese: Nouvelle Caledonie
- Vietnamese: Nouvelle Calédonie
- Vietnamese: Tân Caledonia
- Vietnamese: Tân Calédonie
- Vietnamese: Tân Calêđôni
- Vietnamese: Tân Thế giới
- Võro: Vahtsõnõ Kalõdoonia
- Waray (Philippines): Bag-o nga Caledonia
- Waray (Philippines): New Caledonia
- Welsh: Caledonia Newydd
- Welsh: New Caledonia
- Western Frisian: Nij-Caledonië
- Western Frisian: Nij-Kaledoanje
- Western Mari: У Каледони
- Western Panjabi: نیو کیلیڈونیا
- Wolof: Kaledooni-Gu-Bees
- Wolof: Nuweel Kaledooni
- Wolof: Nuwel Kaledoni
- Wu Chinese: 新喀里多尼亚
- Yiddish: נײַ קאַלעדאניע
- Yoruba: Kaledonia Titun
- Yoruba: Kalẹdóníà Tuntun
- Yoruba: New Caledonia
- Yue Chinese: 新喀里多尼亞
- Zulu: i-New Caledonia
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