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Grande Terre

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Also known as New Caledonia

principal island of New Caledonia

Key facts

Archipelago
New Caledonia
Area
16,372 km (6,321 sq mi)
Territory
New Caledonia
Largest settlement
Nouméa
Population
268,000
Languages
French , New Caledonian languages

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Encyclopedic overview

Grande Terre ( French: [ɡʁɑ̃d tɛʁ], Dehu: Mëëke), locally nicknamed Caillou, is the largest and principal island of New Caledonia, which is a territory of France.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grande Terre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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