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The "Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre", which identifies Kanak culture and identity, was formally established in May 1998. [ 2 ][ 5 ] However, based on a competition for designing the centre dated to 1991, the work was assigned to Renzo Piano and it was constructed between 1993 and 1998. [ 6 ] The inaugural cultural director was Emmanual ...
1 New Caledonia Land Register (DITTT) data, which exclude lakes and ponds larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers. Nouméa (French pronunciation: [numea] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the French special collectivity of New Caledonia and is also the largest francophone city in Oceania.
La Tontouta International Airport, also known as Nouméa – La Tontouta International Airport (French: Aéroport de Nouméa - La Tontouta; IATA: NOU, ICAO: NWWW), is the main international airport in New Caledonia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, as well as the military base (Base aérienne 186 Nouméa) for the French Air Force based in New Caledonia.
Grande Terre is oriented northwest-to-southeast; its area is 16,372 square kilometres (6,321 square miles). It is nearly 400 kilometres (250 miles) in length and 50–70 km (30–40 mi) wide in most places. A mountain range runs the length of the island, with five peaks over 1,500 metres (4,900 feet). The highest point is Mont Panié at 1,628 m ...
At the 2019 census, [104] 41.2% of the population reported belonging to the Kanak community (up from 39.1% at the 2014 census [105]) and 24.1% to the European (Caldoche and Zoreille) community (down from 27.2% at the 2014 census). A further 7.5% of the population either self-identified as "Caledonian" or refused to declare an ethnic group (down ...
The archipelago is located east of Australia, north of New Zealand, south of the Equator, and just west of Fiji and Vanuatu. New Caledonia comprises a main island, Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands. Approximately half the size of Taiwan, the group has a land area of 18,575.5 square kilometres (7,172.0 square miles).
The museum is located near the Betico ferry terminal in Noumea. [2] It occupies a former maritime station that was donated by the Autonomous Port of New Caledonia. [3] The museum opened in 1999. [3] [4] In 2009, a commemorative stamp was issued to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the museum. [5]
unc.nc /en /. The University of New Caledonia UNC (Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie) is a French university which is part of the Academy of New Caledonia located in Nouméa and Koné. The university goes back to 1987 when the Université Française du Pacifique (French University of the Pacific) was created, with two centres, one in French ...