Loyalty Islands Province
Place in New Caledonia, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Loyalty Islands?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
Loyalty Islands Province (French: Province des îles Loyauté) is one of the three top-level administrative subdivisions of New Caledonia. It encompasses the Loyalty Islands (French: Îles Loyauté) archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, located northeast of the New Caledonian mainland of Grande Terre.
Quick Facts Province des îles Loyauté, Country ...
Loyalty Islands Province
Province des îles Loyauté | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 21°04′S 167°21′E | |
Country | France |
Collectivity | New Caledonia |
Seat | Wé (Lifou) |
Government | |
• President | Jacques Lalié |
Area | |
• Total | 1,980.9 km2 (764.8 sq mi) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 18,353 |
• Density | 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi) |
Ethnic Groups (2019) | |
• Kanak | 94.63% |
• Multiracial | 2% |
• European | 1.74% |
• Ni-Vanuatu | 0.09% |
• Wallisians and Futunans | 0.08% |
• Indonesians | 0.05% |
• Other Asian | 0.02% |
• Tahitians | 0.01% |
• Vietnamese | 0.01% |
• Other | 1.38% |
Languages | Drehu, Iaai, Nengone |
Website | province-iles |
Close
The provincial government seat is at Lifou. The Loyalty Islands are a collectivité territoriale of France. The province's 2019 population was approximately 18,353 inhabitants living on almost 2,000 km2 (770 sq mi). The native inhabitants are the Kanak and the Tavu'avua' peoples.