New Caledon

New Caledon or New Caledonie ()Previously known officially as the "Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies" (), then simply as the "Territory of New Caledonia" (French: Territoire de la Nouvelle-Calédonie), the official French name is now only Nouvelle-Calédonie (Organic Law of 19 March 1999, article 222 IV — see ). It should be noted that French courts often continue to use the appellation Territoire de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. is an owerseas collectivity o Fraunce, locatit in Oceanie.
The caipital ceety o New Caledon is Nouméa (wi aboot 2000 indwallers).

It wis first seen by James Cook on 4 September 1774 upon his seicont vaige.

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