ADVERTISING INFORMATION New Caledonia - Culture New Caledonia is an overseas territory of France with a total land area of 18,575 sq km and a population of around 200,000. It is located in the in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia, New Caledonia has more than 20% of the world's known nickel resources. In recent years, the economy has suffered because of depressed international demand for nickel, the principal source of export earnings. Only a negligible amount of the land is suitable for cultivation, and food accounts for about 25% of imports.
Land of the Pacific , New Caledonia offers a mosaic of colours, of landscapes. Caledonian under waters, surrounded by a 1600 km-long reef barrier, count more than 2200 species of living creatures. It is the biggest lagoon in the world, and the second coral set.
New Caledonia has a temperate climate, marked by two seasons : from December to March, hot and humid with moderate rains, average temperature from 25 to 27° C, and from April to November, cool and dry, average temperature from 20 to 23° C. The west coast : Land of great plains where the Niaouli tree rules the bush, land of cattle stations, land of rodeos and stockmen, land of nickel mines and nice beaches. | |
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