List of Regions in New Caledonia

New Caledonia Profile

	Name	New Caledonia
	Capital	Noumea
	ISO3166-1 (Alpha-2)	NC
	ISO3166-1 (Alpha-3)	NCL
	ISO3166-1 (Numeric)	540

IDD Code	687	TLD	nc
Total Area	18,575 km²	Population	300,682
Country Demonym	New Caledonians	Currency Symbol	₣
Currency Code	XPF	Currency Name	Cfp Franc
Language Code	FR	Language Name	French

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Country Overview

New Caledonia (French: Nouvelle-Calédonie; popular name: Le caillou) (Malay: Caledonia Baru) is a "sui generis collectivity" (in practice an overseas territory) of France, made up of a main island (Grande Terre) and several smaller islands. It is in the region of Melanesia in the southwest Pacific. At about half the size of Taiwan, it has a land area of 18,575.5 square kilometres (7,172 sq mi). At the 2004 census, 230,789 people lived there. It has an internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of .nc. The capital and largest city of the territory is Nouméa. The currency is the CFP franc. The inflation rate is -0.6%. The unemployment rate is 17.1%

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