NEW CALEDONIAhistorical demographical data of the islands |
PROVINCE | capital | surface/sq.km | surface/sq.mi | c1996 | e1991 | c1989 | c1983 | c1976 | e1969 | e1963 | e1950 | code | pos. | particulars | variants of the name | ||||
source: | GL | GL | SF | SY | OF | ||||||||||||||
Îles Loyauté | Lifou | 1981 | 765 | 20,9 | 18,0 | 17,9 | 15,5 | 14,5 | IL | e | includes Lifou (1207 sq.km), Maré (642), Ouvéa (132), Tiga a.o. islets | Loyalty Islands | |||||||
Nord | Koné | 8491 | 41,4 | 34,6 | 34,5 | 32,0 | NO | n | includes Balabio, Baaba, Yandé; and in some sources the Bélep Islands | ||||||||||
Sud | Nouméa | 7881 | 134,5 | 111,6 | 111,7 | 86,6 | SU | s | includes Ouen, Hugon, Ducos, Toupéti; and in some sources Îles des Pins | ||||||||||
Nouvelle Calédonie | 6321 | 127,9 | 117,6 | 98,0 | Grande (-) Terre | ||||||||||||||
other islets | 222 | 86 | 2,0 | 1,7 | 0,9 | 0,6 | in some sources including Archipel des Bélep and the Îles des Pins | ||||||||||||
TOTAL: | Nouméa | 18575 | 7172 | 196,8 | 164,1 | 164,2 | 143,4 | 133,2 | |||||||||||
division prior to 1988-11-09: | no further details available | ||||||||||||||||||
Centre-Sud-Est | La Foa | ||||||||||||||||||
Îles Loyauté | Wé | ||||||||||||||||||
Nord | Koné | ||||||||||||||||||
Nouméa | Nouméa |
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