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New Caledonia (French: Nouvelle-Calédonie; popular names: Kanaky, Le caillou) is a French territory of 18,575 km² (7,172 sq. miles) made up of a main island and several smaller islands, in the southwest Pacific. Population in 2004 is about 220,000 inhabitants (Projection from the 1996 census). It has an Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of .nc. Name: The name Caledonia derives from the Latin name of a region corresponding approximately to modern Scotland. The name Kanaky is also in common usage in French, English and the indigenous languages. This name is favored by Melanesian nationalists. The word comes from kanaka, a Polynesian word meaning human used by Polynesians to call themselves. The word was later used by the French to call all the native inhabitants of the South Pacific Ocean, including the Melanesian (non-Polynesian) native inhabitants of New Caledonia. The word, turned into Canaque in French, became derogative. In the 1960s and 1970s, when the Melanesian native inhabitants started to organize themselves into political parties and ask for independence, this derogative word was turned into a symbol of political emancipation and pride. Geography: Main article: Geography of New Caledonia. New Caledonia is located in the southwest Pacific Ocean approximately 1,200 km east of Australia and 1,500 km northeast of New Zealand. The island nation of Vanuatu lies to the northeast. [br] [br]New Caledonia is made up of a main island, Grand Terre, and several smaller islands, the Loyalty Islands to the east of Grand Terre, the Ile des Pins to the south of Grand Terre, and the Chesterfield Islands and Bellona Reefs further to the west. [br] [br]Grand Terre is by far the largest of the islands, and the only mountainous island. It has an area of 16,372 sq km, and is enlongated northwest-southeast, 350 km in length and from 50-70 km wide. A mountain range runs the length of the island, with five peaks over 1500 meters. The highest point is Mont Panie at 1,628 meters elevation (5,341 ft). [br] [br] [br] [br] [br] [br]

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