New Caledonia (historically)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/New_Caledonia_(historically)
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:farmer
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:France
gptkbp:archipelago gptkb:Loyalty_Islands
gptkb:Isle_of_Pines
gptkbp:area 18,576 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Nouméa
gptkbp:climate tropical
gptkbp:colonizedBy gptkb:France
gptkbp:currency gptkb:CFP_franc
gptkbp:dialCode +687
gptkbp:firstContactByEuropeans James Cook
gptkbp:firstContactYear 1774
gptkbp:flag Tricolore and Kanak flag
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:Government_of_New_Caledonia
gptkb:Congress_of_New_Caledonia
gptkbp:hasIndigenousPeoples gptkb:Kanak
gptkbp:highestPoint gptkb:Mont_Panié
gptkbp:historicalEvent World War II Allied base
Kanak revolt (1878)
Ouvéa cave hostage crisis (1988)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label New Caledonia (historically)
gptkbp:internetTLD .nc
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Southwest_Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:mainExports cobalt
nickel
chromium
gptkbp:mainIslands gptkb:Grande_Terre
gptkbp:neighboringMunicipality gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Fiji
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Vanuatu
gptkbp:nickelMining major economic activity
gptkbp:NouméaAccord 1998
gptkbp:NouméaAccordPurpose greater autonomy
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:French
gptkbp:partOf Melanesia
gptkbp:penalColonyPeriod 1864–1922
gptkbp:population ~270,000 (2020s)
gptkbp:postalCode 98800–98890
gptkbp:referendumOnIndependence 1987
2018
2020
2021
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
indigenous beliefs
gptkbp:status French overseas territory
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Lagoons_of_New_Caledonia
gptkbp:UNListOfNonSelfGoverningTerritories true
gptkbp:usedAs cathedral
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Roman_Catholicism_(state_religion)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7