New Caledonia First Letter

New Caledonia is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 220 km southwest of Vanuatu and 1,210 km east of Australia. Located 16,100 km from Metropolitan France, it forms a sui generis collectivity of the French Republic, a legal status unique in overseas France and enshrined in a dedicated chapter of the French Constitution.
  • Sovereign state: France
  • Annexed by France: 24 September 1853
  • Overseas territory: 1946
  • Nouméa Accord: 5 May 1998
  • Capital and largest city: Nouméa
  • Official languages: French
  • Government: Devolved parliamentary dependency
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