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Theme Week New Caledonia – Nouméa

22 September 2015 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General Reading Time: 10 minutes

Nouméa is the capital city of New Caledonia. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia’s main island, Grande Terre, and is home to the majority of the island’s European, Polynesian (Wallisians, Futunians, Tahitians), Indonesian, and Vietnamese populations, as well as many Melanesians, Ni-Vanuatu and Kanaks that work in one of the South Pacific‘s most industrialised cities. The city lies on a protected deepwater harbour which serves as the chief port for New Caledonia. There are 180,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Greater Nouméa (French: agglomération du Grand Nouméa), 100,000 of whom lived in the city (commune) of Nouméa proper. read more…