La Foa
La Foa is a commune in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.
La Foa | |
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 Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia | |
Location of La Foa 
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| Coordinates: 21°42′41″S 165°49′06″E | |
| Country | France |
| Sui generis collectivity | New Caledonia |
| Province | South Province |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Corinne Voisin |
| Area 1 | 464.0 km2 (179.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2019 census) | 3,552 |
| • Density | 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Ethnic distribution | |
| • 2014 census | Kanaks 28.06% Europeans 24.93% Wallisians and Futunans 22.76% Mixed 12.51% Other 3.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+11:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 98813 /98880 |
| Elevation | 0–1,058 m (0–3,471 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft) |
| 1 New Caledonia Land Register (DITTT) data, which exclude lakes and ponds larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers. | |
Although the provincial seat of the South Province is in Nouméa, La Foa was made the chief town of the administrative subdivision of the South in order to counterbalance the overwhelming weight of Nouméa in New Caledonia. Both entities share an almost identical territory, but their status and role is quite different: the South Province, with its provincial assembly in Nouméa, is a full political division, whereas the administrative subdivision of the South is only an administrative division of the French central state, akin to an arrondissement of Metropolitan France, with a Deputy Commissioner of the Republic (commissaire délégué de la République), akin to a subprefect of metropolitan France, in residence in La Foa.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Foa. |
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for La Foa. |
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