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19 hours ago · t. e. New Caledonia ( / ˌkælɪˈdoʊniə / ⓘ KAL-ih-DOH-nee-ə; French: Nouvelle-Calédonie [nuvɛl kaledɔni] ⓘ) [nb 2] is a sui generis collectivity of overseas France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, south of Vanuatu, about 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia, [5] and 17,000 km (11,000 mi) from Metropolitan France.
- Administrative Divisions of New Caledonia
The French sui generis collectivity of New Caledonia is...
- Economy of New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a major source for nickel and contains...
- Sui Generis Collectivity
The French Constitution provides that, in general, French...
- Flag
Two flags are in use in New Caledonia, an overseas territory...
- Isle of Pines
Upi Bay, Isle of Pines, New Caledonia. The Isle of Pines...
- Louis Mapou
Mapou’s election into the office of President of the...
- Grande Terre
Grande Terre (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃d tɛʁ]) is the...
- Amborella
Amborella is a monotypic genus of understory shrubs or small...
- Araucaria Columnaris
Distribution. The tree is endemic to New Caledonia in the...
- Congress of New Caledonia
The Congress of New Caledonia (French: Congrès de la...
- Administrative Divisions of New Caledonia
19 hours ago · Marseille or Marseilles ( French Marseille, Occitan Marselha or Marsiho) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the Provence region of southern France, it is located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, part of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river.
19 hours ago · French orthography encompasses the spelling and punctuation of the French language.It is based on a combination of phonemic and historical principles. The spelling of words is largely based on the pronunciation of Old French c. 1100–1200 AD, and has stayed more or less the same since then, despite enormous changes to the pronunciation of the language in the intervening years.
19 hours ago · A total of 3,824,221 lived in the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) at the same 2011 census, up from 3,635,556 at the 2006 census (within 2006 CMA boundaries), which means a population growth rate of +5.2% between 2006 and 2011. [6] Montreal's 2012-2013 population growth rate was 1.135%, compared with 1.533% for all Canadian CMAs.
19 hours ago · The ethnic French population, comprising a plurality of the total population from confederation until just prior to the 1921 census, overwhelmingly relied on natural increase for growth, with progeny stemming from early settlers who arrived throughout the 17th and 18th centuries; migration from France had been severely curtailed by the British ...
19 hours ago · The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani ( / ˈroʊməni / ROH-mə-nee or / ˈrɒməni / ROM-ə-nee) and colloquially known as the Roma ( sg.: Rom ), are an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin [71] [72] [73] who traditionally lived a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle. Linguistic and genetic evidence suggests that the Romani originated in the Indian ...
19 hours ago · The global African diaspora is the worldwide collection of communities descended from people from Africa, predominantly in the Americas. [39] The African populations in the Americas are descended from haplogroup L genetic groups of native Africans. [40] [41] The term most commonly refers to the descendants of the native West and Central ...
