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New Caledonia

New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and east of Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines, and a few remote islets. The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea. Locals refer to Grande Terre as ("the pebble").

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Nouvelle-Calédonie

nf. New Caledonia, group of islands in the Pacific Ocean

Calédonie

n. Caledonia, New Caledonia (group of islands in the Pacific Ocean)

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New Caledonia

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Background
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 has dissipated.

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