La Nouvelle-Calédonie est un archipel d'océanie situé en Mélanésie — situé à quelques degrés au nord du Tropique du Capricorne. C'est une collectivité d'outre-mer rattachée à la France — dont elle est distante de près de 20 000 kilomètres — à statut particulier depuis la signature des accords de Nouméa dans l'attente d'un référendum local prévu le 4 octobre 2020 sur son indépendance ou son maintien au sein de la République française. Sa superficie est d'environ 19 100 km². Elle est située dans l'océan Pacifique à 1500 km à l'est de l'Australie et à 2 000 km au nord de la Nouvelle-Zélande.
New Caledonia is a sui generis overseas collectivity and a constituent part of the French Republic. It consists of a main island (Grande Terre) and several smaller islands located in the region of Melanesia in the southwest Pacific Ocean. It lies near ► Vanuatu, ► Fiji, ► Norfolk Island, ► New Zealand, and ► Australia. Since 1986, the United Nations Committee on Decolonization has included New Caledonia in the United Nations List of Non-self-governing Territories. In a referendum to be held on October 4, 2020, New Caledonia will decide whether to remain part the French Republic or to become an independent state.
Short name
New Caledonia
Official name
New Caledonia
Status
Sui generis overseas collectivity and constituent part of the French Republic (French since 1853)
Map of New Caledonia (in English) Carte de Nouvelle-Calédonie (en anglais)
Map of New Caledonia (in French) Carte de Nouvelle-Calédonie (en français)
Map of New Caledonia Carte de Nouvelle-Calédonie
Map of New Caledonia and Vanuatu Carte de Nouvelle-Calédonie et Vanuatu
Map of New Caledonia and Vanuatu Carte de Nouvelle-Calédonie et Vanuatu
Historical map
German map of New Caledonia, 1888 Carte allemande de Nouvelle-Calédonie, 1888
Satellite maps
Satellite image of New Caledonia
Notes and references
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