Ouvéa Island

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Ouvéa Island is a remote atoll in New Caledonia’s Loyalty Islands, noted for its white-sand beaches, turquoise lagoon, and indigenous Kanak communities.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ouvéa 14
Ouvéa Island canonical 8
ʻUvea Island 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France
island
administeredBy Loyalty Islands Province
connectedBy domestic flights from Nouméa
country France
ethnicGroup Kanak people
indigenous Melanesians
governedAs French commune
hasAirport Ouvéa Airport
hasBiodiversity coral reef fish
marine turtles
seabird colonies
hasCapital Fayaoué
hasClimate tropical climate
hasEconomicActivity copra production
fishing
small-scale agriculture
tourism
hasFeature coconut plantations
coral reef
limestone cliffs
narrow land strip
remote location
turquoise lagoon
white-sand beaches
hasHistoricalEvent Ouvéa cave hostage-taking
hasLargestSettlement Fayaoué
hasLocalLanguage Fagauvea language
Iaai language
hasOfficialLanguage French
hasPopulationGroup Kanak tribes
linked to: Kanak people
hasProtectedArea Ouvéa Lagoon
hasReligion Christianity
hasSeason cooler dry season
warm wet season
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageStatus part of Lagoons of New Caledonia
historicalEventYear 1988
knownFor Kanak culture
beach tourism
natural beauty
traditional tribal life
locatedIn Loyalty Islands
New Caledonia
South Pacific Ocean
partOf Loyalty Islands Province
Overseas collectivity of New Caledonia
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 2008
usesCurrency CFP franc

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iaai language spokenIn Ouvéa Island
Iaai language region Ouvéa Island
Fagauvea language spokenIn Ouvéa Island
Fagauvea language region Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Île des Pins partOf Loyalty Islands archipelago
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Uveans region ʻUvea Island
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Uveans indigenousTo ʻUvea Island
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Jean-Marie Tjibaou placeOfDeath Ouvéa
subject linked to: Tjibaou
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Ouvéa crisis negotiations hasLocation Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Loyalty Islands Province containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Loyalty Islands Province hasPart Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Iaai spokenIn Ouvéa Island
West Uvean spokenIn Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Island
West Uvean region Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Faga Uvea spokenIn Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Faga Uvea spokenOnIsland Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Fagauvea spokenIn Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Fagauvea spokenOnIsland Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Ouvéa Uvean spokenIn Ouvéa Island
Ouvéa Uvean hasAlternativeName Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Western Polynesia hasPart ʻUvea Island
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Iaai people ethnicityOf Ouvéa Island
Iaai people locatedIn Ouvéa Island
Iaai people traditionalRegion Ouvéa Island
Iaai people hasIsland Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Loyalty Islands hasIsland Ouvéa
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Lavelua hasSeat ʻUvea Island
linked to: Ouvéa Island
Lavelua hasJurisdictionOver ʻUvea Island
linked to: Ouvéa Island