Ouégoa (French pronunciation: [weɡɔa]) is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.
Ouégoa | |
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 The Commissariat de l'Or au Caillou became the Normandon Hotel in 1896 | |
 Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia | |
Location of Ouégoa  | |
| Coordinates: 20°21′02″S 164°25′57″E / 20.3506°S 164.4326°E | |
| Country | France |
| Sui generis collectivity | New Caledonia |
| Province | North Province |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Barnabé Pébou-Hamène[1] |
Area 1 | 656.8 km2 (253.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2019 census)[2] | 2,118 |
| • Density | 3.2/km2 (8.4/sq mi) |
| Ethnic distribution | |
| • 2019 census | Kanaks 71.48% Europeans 12.65% Wallisians and Futunans 0.19% Mixed 6.42% Other 9.25% |
| Time zone | UTC+11:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 98819 /98821 |
| Elevation | 0–1,347 m (0–4,419 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 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. | |
References
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019, Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie
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