Outline of New Caledonia

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to New Caledonia:

Contents

• Geography of New Caledonia
• Environment of New Caledonia
• Natural geographic features of New Caledonia
• Administrative divisions of New Caledonia
• Government and politics of New Caledonia
• Executive branch of the government of New Caledonia
• Legislative branch of the government of New Caledonia
• Judicial branch of the government of New Caledonia
• Foreign relations of New Caledonia
• International organization membership
• Military of New Caledonia
• Culture of New Caledonia
• Art in New Caledonia
• Economy and infrastructure of New Caledonia
• Infrastructure of New Caledonia
• References

New Caledonia – "sui generis collectivity" (in practice an overseas territory) of France, comprising a main island (Grande Terre), the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands. It is located in the region of Melanesia in the southwest Pacific. At about half the size of Taiwan, it has a land area of 18,575.5 square kilometres (7,172 sq mi). The population was 244,600 inhabitants as of January 2008 official estimates. The capital and largest city of the territory is Nouméa. The currency is the CFP franc.

Since 1986 the United Nations Committee on Decolonization has included New Caledonia on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories. New Caledonia will decide whether to remain within the French Republic or become an independent state in a referendum sometime after 2014.

Its capital Nouméa is the seat of the regional organization the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (formerly the South Pacific Commission).