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Oceania > New Caledonia > Geography

NEW CALEDONIAN GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
slightly smaller than New Jersey
Forested Land 20.4% [120th of 193]
Geography > Note
consists of the main island of New Caledonia (one of the largest in the Pacific Ocean), the archipelago of Iles Loyaute, and numerous small, sparsely populated islands and atolls
Irrigated land 100 sq km [138th of 185]
Land area > sq. km 18,280 km² ... [151st of 206]
Land use > Arable land 0.32 % [208th of 241]
Land use > Other 99.46 % [34th of 241]
Land use > Permanent crops 0.22 % [164th of 241]
Location
Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
Map references
Oceania
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone 200 nm [37th of 121]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nm [129th of 190]
Natural hazards
cyclones, most frequent from November to March
Natural resources
nickel, chrome, iron, cobalt, manganese, silver, gold, lead, copper
Population density 10.63 people per sqkm [202nd of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km 12.83 people/m² ... [179th of 204]
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land 1,392.72 people/km² of arable lan ... [18th of 188]
Surface area > sq. km 18,580 km² ... [151st of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain Mont Panie
Terrain
coastal plains with interior mountains

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; FAO; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; World Development Indicators database; Heal The World Foundation.; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: New Caledonia, Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies, Territoire des Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances, Nouvelle-Caledonie

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