New Caledonia
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PROFILE
- Area: 18,575 sq. km (7,172 sq. mi.)
- Population: 275,355 (2016 est.)
- Population growth rate: 1.35% (2016 est.)
- Life expectancy: 77.7 years (2016)
- Languages: French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
- Religions: Roman Catholic 60%, Protestant 30%, other 10%
- Formal name: Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies
- Alternate names: Nouvelle-Calédonie, Territoire des Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies
- Government type: parliamentary democracy; an overseas collectivity of France
- Leaders: chief of state: President Francois HOLLANDE; head of government: President of the Government Philippe GERMAINE
- Capital: Nouméa
- Administrative divisions: 3 provinces
- GDP per capita (PPP): $38,800 (2012 est.)
- Exports: ferronickels, nickel ore, fish
- Imports: machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs
- Currency: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (XPF)
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ACCOMMODATION
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