New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia sits in Melanesia and uses XPF - CFP franc (₣). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
Nouméa
Province Sud
Dumbéa
Province Sud
Mont-Dore
Province Sud
Païta
Province Sud
Coordinates
-21.5, 165.5
Borders
None
Timezone
UTC+11:00
Driving
right
Population
264.6K
264,596 people
Area
18.6K km2
18,575 square kilometers
Density
14/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
Nouméa
-22.27, 166.45
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
New Caledonia, officially listed here as New Caledonia, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make New Caledonia, NC, NCL, the flag, the official name, and the country slug easy to confirm because users often land on country pages while checking identifiers for forms, travel, education, or data products. New Caledonia is grouped under Oceania, more specifically Melanesia, with Oceania shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 264,596 people and a land area of 18,575 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 14 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is -21.5, 165.5, while the capital coordinate reference is -22.27, 166.45. New Caledonia has no land borders listed in the country data, and the landlocked value is recorded as no. These details help the page answer common searches around location, area, borders, map position, and population comparison.
Capital and urban network
The capital information is recorded as Nouméa (primary). The largest city entries shown for this country are Nouméa, Dumbéa, Mont-Dore, Païta and Koné. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in New Caledonia, capital of New Caledonia, and major urban areas in New Caledonia. This is useful because many users compare the official capital with the largest business, transport, or population centers.
Government, classification, and memberships
The government type is listed as Devolved parliamentary dependency. The classification fields mark sovereignty as no, United Nations membership as no, observer status as no, and disputed status as no. International memberships shown for this page include no major listed organizations in this sample. These fields support search intent around political status, country classification, and international organization membership.
Administrative formats and daily-use data
New Caledonia uses calling code +687, postal format #####, and time zone data listed as UTC+11:00. The number format uses . as the thousands separator and , as the decimal separator. The week starts on monday; the academic year starts around Sep 1; the government fiscal year starts around Jan 1; and the personal fiscal year starts around Jan 1.
Currency, language, transport, and references
Currency data lists XPF - CFP franc (₣), while language records include French. Vehicle data records the driving side as right and vehicle sign codes as F. Reference links should keep official, Wikipedia, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap sources together when available so users can move from the structured country guide to map or source pages quickly. The country dataset does not include a recent Gini entry for this profile.
How to use this profile
This New Caledonia profile is designed to be scanned in layers: first the name, official name, flag, capital, population, area, and density; then identity, geography, cities, governance, memberships, formats, connectivity, currency, languages, transport, and references. That structure supports both human readers and product workflows where users need to verify a phone code, compare cities, inspect fiscal dates, check postal formats, review memberships, or open a map reference without searching across multiple pages.
Country Snapshot
ISO codes
NC / NCL
Top-level domains
.nc
Continents
Oceania
Border countries
No land borders listed
Driving side
right
Vehicle signs
F
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for New Caledonia is represented by the NC country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
Nouméa
Province Sud
96,082
primary
#2
Dumbéa
Province Sud
35,873
City
#3
Mont-Dore
Province Sud
27,620
City
#4
Païta
Province Sud
24,563
City
#5
Koné
Province Nord
8,144
admin
Governance
Government type
Devolved parliamentary dependency
Sovereign
No
UN member
No
Landlocked
No
Formats
Week starts
monday
Academic year
Sep 1
Government fiscal year
Jan 1
Number separators
. thousands, , decimal
Connectivity
Calling codes
+687
Postal format
#####
Timezones
UTC+11:00
Languages
French
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
N/A
No country entry