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New Caledonia

French special collectivity and archipelago in Oceania
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Summary

New Caledonia is a dependent territory[1]. It draws 52,443 Wikipedia views per month (dependent territory category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ethnic group: Kanak[3], European people[4], Wallisians and Futunians[5], Tahitians[6], Indonesians[7], Vietnamese people[8], ni-Vanuatu[9]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: France[10]
  • Country: France[11]
  • Located in or next to body of water: South Pacific Ocean[12]
  • Head of government: Philippe Germain[13]
  • Continent: Insular Oceania[14]
  • Instance of: overseas collectivity of France[15]
  • Capital: Nouméa[16]
  • Official language: French[17]
  • Currency: CFP Franc[18]
  • Shares border with: Australia[19]
  • Top-level Internet domain: .nc[20]
  • Anthem: Soyons unis, devenons frères[21]
  • Named after: Scotland[22]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bélep Islands[23], Boulouparis[24], Bourail[25], Canala[26], Dumbéa[27], Farino[28], Hienghène[29], Houaïlou[30], L'Île-des-Pins[31], Kaala-Gomen[32], Koné[33], Kouaoua[34], Koumac[35], La Foa[36]
  • Flag: flags of New Caledonia[37], flag of France[38]
  • Postal code: 988*[39]
  • Part of: Overseas France[40]
  • Commons category: New Caledonia[41]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for New Caledonia include Pseudorhabdosynochus caledonicus[42], a taxon[43].

Why It Matters

New Caledonia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 115 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Entities named for it include Pseudorhabdosynochus caledonicus[42], a taxon[43].

Related Entities

Australia Australian Prints + Printmaking CFP Franc dependent territory flag of France France Scotland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [22] ↑ . sueddeutsche.de. sueddeutsche.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [3] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [4] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [5] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [6] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [7] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [8] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [9] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3h ago · Salgo60 · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ace', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'anp', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb',
    P14968 → Windows Media Audio
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14968: Q2194, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/291594|batch #291594]]"
  2. 28d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000540
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Nhk one news topic id: E0000000540"
  3. 5w ago · J. N. Squire · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 119519191, 153204884, 11865128s
    Has part(s) → Isle of Pines
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Has part(s): Isle of Pines, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  4. 9w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 119519191, 153204884, 11865128s
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46594|batch #46594]]: remove invalid BNF IDs"
  5. 12w ago · Jberkel · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q652 (ita)-Francyskus-Nuova Caledonia.wav
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-Francyskus-Nuova Caledonia.wav"
  6. 16w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Icannwiki page id → New_Caledonia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Icannwiki page id: New_Caledonia, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294326527|New Caledonia (#294326527)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8064|ICANNWiki]]"
  7. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0315806-Nova-Kaledonie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0315806-Nova-Kaledonie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
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