New Caledonia — De Facto Map

New Caledonia — New Caledonia · Sui generis · France.

Interactive de facto map of New Caledonia, a territory of France. Collectivity in the south-west Pacific with its own government and congress. Three referendums between 2018 and 2021 rejected independence; unrest over voting rights killed 14 people in 2024, and the 2025 Bougival accord proposes a "State of New Caledonia" within France. About 270,000 people; a quarter of the world's nickel reserves. Explore New Caledonia on the map alongside the other overseas holdings of France, drawn as they are administered on the ground.