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New Caledonia (dependent state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 21 30 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -21.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 165 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 165.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises Nouvelle-Calédonie island and several other islands; originally inhabited by Melanesians of Papuan type; documented by Bougainville in 1768 and sighted by Cook in 1774; served as Allied base in WW II; civil unrest by native Melanesians mid-1980s; official language is French, though English is also widely spoken. |
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| Nouvelle-Calédonie (preferred,C,V)
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| Territoire de la Novelle-Calédonie et Dépendances (C,V)
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| Nouvell-Calédonie (C,V)
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| Nouvelle Calédonie (C,V)
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| New Caledonia (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| New Caledonian (C,V)
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| Neukaledonien (C,O)
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| Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (C,O)
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| Nueva Caledonia (C,O)
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| Nova Caledônia (C,O)
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| NCL (C,O,ISO3L)
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| NC (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO540 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| NC00 (C,O,FIPS)
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Place Types: |
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| dependent state (preferred, C) |
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French, since 1853 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| overseas territory (C) |
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established 1946 |
| penal settlement (H) |
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French, established 1853 |
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Nouméa .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Oceania, New Caledonia) [1098800] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Territoire de la Novelle-Calédonie et Dépendances.......... |
[VP] |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 681 |
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