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 New Caledonia 
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 +11 h 
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 ITU zone
 56 
 CQ zone
 32 
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 New Caledonia 
 Capital: 
Noumea
 Administrative
 divisions: 
None (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 3 provinces named: Iles Loyaute, Nord, and Sud.
 Population: 
207,858 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
21° 30' S, 165° 30' E
 Area total: 
19,060 sq. km
 Land area: 
18,575 sq. km
 Water area: 
485 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
0 km
 Coastline: 
2,254 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Pacific Ocean 0 m - Mont Panie 1,628 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.nc
 Currency: 
Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (XPF), euro (EUR)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
New Caledonia
 Name - local
 long form: 
Territoire des Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances
 Name - local
 short form: 
Nouvelle-Caledonie
 Independence: 
none (overseas territory of France)
a referendum on independence was held in 1998 but did not pass, a new referendum is scheduled for 2014
 Constitution: 
28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
 Government
 type: 
NA
 Dependency
 status: 
overseas territory of France since 1956
 National
 holiday: 
Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
 
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