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List All Cities in New Caledonia Listing cities New Caledonia database :
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Background
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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 ended in the 1998 Noumea Accord, which over a period of 15 to 20 years will transfer an increasing amount of governing responsibility from France to New Caledonia. The agreement also commits France to conduct as many as three referenda between 2013 and 2018, to decide whether New Caledonia should assume full sovereignty and independence.
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Population
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229,993 (July 2010 est.)
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Government type
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none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 3 provinces named Province des Iles, Province Nord, and Province Sud
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Administrative divisions
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NA
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Independence
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Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
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International organization participation
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the flag of France is used
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Economy - overview
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Market value of publicly traded shares
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nickel mining and smelting
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Agriculture - products
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Industries
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1.825 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial production growth rate
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1.697 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity - production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Oil - production
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645 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Internet country code
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85,000 (2008)
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