New Caledonia.
New Caledonia is an overseas territory of
France. It lies in the south western Pacific
Ocean. It is about 1100 nautical miles north
east of Sydney Australia.
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The total area is about 19,058sq km. The population is
around 165,000.
43% of the population is Melanesians,(Kanaks). 37% is
European, mainly French. The remaining inhabitants are
Vietnamese, Polynesians and Indonesians.
Nouméa is the largest city and the only city. Most of the
inhabitants are Christians.
The economy of New Caledonia is a variety of activities,
agriculture, copra, coffee and food crops, stock raising,
fishing, forestry and tourism and most important mining.
They mine Nickel, Iron and Manganese Ores.
New Caledonia was sighted in 1774 by James Cook who
gave it the Roman name for Scotland.
Click Here to see a map of New Caledonia on internet.
Bibliography :
Encarta 96 Encyclopedia
CD ROM by Microsoft Pty Ltd
The World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia
World Book, Inc
Compton's Interactive World Atlas
Encarta World Atlas 1998
Research by Carolyn 6H
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