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New Caledonia

Location S Pacific Ocean, NNE of New Zealand
Latitude and longitude  21 30 S, 165 30 E
Sovereignty France
Political status notes Officially, "Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies"
Population  245,980
Census notes August 2009
Land area in square kilometers 18,576
Capital  Nouméa

Fundamental legal document(s) online

Agreement on the Future of New Caledonia (Matignon Accords) (1988), from the French Embassy in Australia
Accord sur la Nouvelle-Calédonie (Nouméa Accord) (1998), from the French Embassy in Australia (French)
Agreement on New Caledonia (Nouméa Accord) (1998), from the French Embassy in Australia (unofficial English translation of the previous document)
New Caledonia Organic Law, Act No. 99-209 (France) of March 19, 1999 (French)
Loi organique relative à la Nouvelle-Calédonie (France) of March 15, 1999, Décision du Conseil Constitutionnel n° 99-410 (French)

Sources and other useful websites

Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
Finding New Caledonia, from David Stanley’s South Pacific Organizer
France's Overseas Departments and Territories, from the French Embassy in Australia
Haut-Commissariat de la République en Nouvelle Calédonie (French)
New Caledonia, from the French Embassy in Australia
New Caledonia, from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
New Caledonia, map and basic demographic and economic data from the South Pacific Island Web Atlas, provided by the GIS Unit of the University of the South Pacific
New Caledonia, from Radio Australia’s Charting the Pacific
New Caledonia, from Radio Australia’s Time to Talk
Nouvelle Calédonie, from the French Ministry of Overseas Departments and Territories (French)
Nouvelle Calédonie, website of the Government of New Caledonia (French)
Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Pacific Island Populations 2011 (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet 80K)
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook

Selected articles on law and political status

United Nations Secretariat, Working Paper on New Caledonia, prepared for the Special Committee of the U.N. General Assembly on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (A/AC.109/2004/11, March 31, 2004) (PDF)

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