New Caledonia

Key Facts About New Caledonia

• •New Caledonia is a French overseas territory in the South Pacific with a unique status of autonomy.
• •It holds about 25% of the world's known nickel reserves.
• •The New Caledonia Barrier Reef is the second-largest double barrier reef in the world, a UNESCO site.
• •The indigenous Kanak people have voted in three referendums on independence from France (2018–2021).
• •The territory has extraordinary biodiversity, with many species found nowhere else on Earth.

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