Population (2014 census) 3,542 Area 464 km² | INSEE/Postal code 98813 / 98880 Local time Friday 2:31 PM | |
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Elevation 0–1,058 m (0–3,471 ft)(avg. 20 m or 66 ft) Weather 24°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 90% Humidity Province South Province, New Caledonia | ||
La foa presqu le et plage de ouano et passerelle marguerite wmv
La Foa is a commune in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.
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- La foa presqu le et plage de ouano et passerelle marguerite wmv
- Map of La Foa New Caledonia
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Map of La Foa, New Caledonia
Although the provincial seat of the South Province is in Nouméa, La Foa was made the chief town of the administrative subdivision of the South in order to counterbalance the overwhelming weight of Nouméa in New Caledonia. Both entities share an almost identical territory, but their status and role is quite different: the South Province, with its provincial assembly in Nouméa, is a full political division, whereas the administrative subdivision of the South is only an administrative division of the French central state, akin to an arrondissement of Metropolitan France, with a Deputy Commissioner of the Republic (commissaire délégué de la République), akin to a subprefect of metropolitan France, in residence in La Foa.