New Caledon

165°18′E / 21.25°S 165.30°E / -21.25; 165.30

New Caledon or New Caledonie (French: Nouvelle-Calédonie)^{[nb 1]} is a stewartry o Fraunce in the Paceefic Ocean. 232,258 fowk bides thare. The caipital ceety o New Caledon is Nouméa (wi aboot 2000 indwallers).

New Caledon Nouvelle-Calédonie
Banners o New Caledon Emblem
Motto: "Terre de parole, terre de partage" "Laund o speech, laund o sharin"[1]
Anthem: Soyons unis, devenons frères [1]
Status	Special collectivity
Caipital and largest city	Nouméa 22°16′S 166°28′E / 22.267°S 166.467°E / -22.267; 166.467
Offeecial leids	French
Recognised regional leids	Drehu Nengone Paicî Ajië Xârâcùù an 35 ither native leids
Demonym(s)	New Caledonians
Sovereign state	French Republic
Govrenment	Dependent territory
• Presidential Heid o State	Emmanuel Macron
• Preses o the Govrenment o New Caledon	Philippe Germain
• Heich Commissioner	Vincent Bouvier
Legislatur	Congress
Special collectivity o Fraunce
• Annexed by France	1853
• Owerseas territory	1946
• Special collectivity	1999
Aurie
• Total	18,576 km2 (7,172 sq mi) (154th)
Population
• Aug. 2014 census	268,767[2]
• Density	14.5/km2 (37.6/sq mi) (200t)
GDP (nominal)	2011 estimate
• Tot	US$9.89 billion[3]
• Per capita	US$38,921[3]
Currency	CFP franc (XPF)
Time zone	UTC+11
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	+687
ISO 3166 code	NC
Internet TLD	.nc

It wis first seen by James Cook on 4 September 1774 upon his seicont vaige.^[4]