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New Caledonia

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New Caledonia
Kanaky
Flag of New Caledonia
Flag
Coat of arms of New Caledonia
Coat of arms
Location of New Caledonia
Capital
and largest city
Nouméa
Official languagesFrench
GovernmentDevolved parliamentary dependency
• High Commissioner
Louis Le Franc
• President of the Government
Louis Mapou
Area
• Total
18,576 km²
Population
• 2019 census
271,407
Indigenous groups in New Caledonia

Kanky, officially known as New Caledonia, is a French settler-colony in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) has been struggling for national liberation and independence since the 1980s.[1]

History

James Cook became the first European to visit New Caledonia in 1774, naming the archipelago New Caledonia after the old name for Scotland; Caledonia.[2]

New Caledonia in 1853 was declared a possession of France and in 1860 became a colony.[2] The archipelago was a penal colony and many members of the Paris Commune were exiled to New Caledonia after 1871.[3] New Caledonia became a French Overseas Territory in 1946.[4] In 1998, the FLNKS signed an agreement with France to extend more rights to indigenous Kanak peoples.[1]

2021 independence referendum

The FLNKS boycotted a 2021 referendum for independence from France. 96.5% of votes in the referendum were against independence, but only 43.87% of the population voted in the referendum.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 B. A. Ford (2020-10-19). "Kanaky-New Caledonia independence vote shines light on imperialism in the Pacific" People's Voice. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  2. 2.0 2.1 V. Z. Klepikov (1979). The Great Soviet Encyclopedia: 'New Caledonia; Historical Survey'.
  3. Robert Aldrich, John Connell (2006). France's Overseas Frontier: Départements et territoires d'outre-mer (p. 46). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521030366
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Progressive sections denounce outcome of New Caledonia referendum" (2021-12-20). Peoples Dispatch. Archived from the original on 2022-01-16. Retrieved 2022-09-09.