What the records say
- When
- 1864
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- New Caledonia
- Coordinates
- 21.30° S, 165.60° E
- Process
- annexation
- Type
- Annexation (unilateral)
- Pop
- 15000
- Area km2
- 1958
- Gaining
- France
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
New Caledonia
French territory in the southwest Pacific Ocean
New Caledonia is a French territory consisting of a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 220 km (140 mi) southwest of Vanuatu and 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia. Located 16,100 km (10,000 mi) from Metropolitan France, it forms a sui generis collectivity of the French Republic, having a unique legal status enshrined in a dedicated chapter of the French Constitution.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation