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French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
NOUMEA (capital) 181,000 (2014)
- Conventional long form
- Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies
- Conventional short form
- New Caledonia
- Local long form
- Territoire des Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances
- Local short form
- Nouvelle-Caledonie
parliamentary democracy (Territorial Congress); an overseas collectivity of France
- Name
- Noumea
- Geographic coordinates
- 22 16 S, 166 27 E
- Time difference
- UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
New Caledonia has 11% of the world's nickel reserves, representing the second largest reserves on the planet. Only a small amount of the land is suitable for cultivation, and food accounts for about 20% of imports. In addition to nickel, substantial financial support from France - equal to more than 15% of GDP - and tourism are keys to the health of the economy.
- Inflation
- None%
- Total tax rate (% of commercial profits)
- None%
- Real Interest Rate
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- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)
- None%
- Current Account Balance
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- Labor Force, Total
- Employment in Agriculture
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- Imports of goods and services
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- FDI, net inflows
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vegetables; beef, venison, other livestock products; fish
nickel mining and smelting
- Commodities
- ferronickels, nickel ore, fish
- Partners
- China 31.7%, Japan 15.1%, South Korea 10.6%, Australia 8%, France 7.1%, Belgium 5.1% (2015)
- Commodities
- machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs
- Partners
- France 35%, Australia 11.3%, South Korea 8.5%, Singapore 5.3%, Malaysia 5.2%, China 4.4%, NZ 4.4% (2015)