Population: 204,863 (July 2001 est.)
Languages: French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
Background: Settled by both Britain and France during the first half of the 19th century, the island was made a French possession in 1853. It served as a penal colony for four decades after 1864. Agitation for independence during the 1980s and early 1990s seems...
Currency: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (XPF, No information)
Data from CIA World Factbook. Click on CIA link for more. Click on map or flag for larger images.
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Font Foundries from New Caledonia
· Ludovic Riffault
Typographic People from New Caledonia
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Related Links
· CIA World Factbook: New Caledonia
· Ethnologue: Languages of New Caledonia