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Nouméa

Also known as Port-de-France

Nouméa is the capital and largest city of New Caledonia, a French territory in the south-west Pacific. Founded in 1854 as the military post of Port-de-France, it was renamed in 1866 and grew as the administrative centre, the port of the penal colony and a nickel-processing town. In the Second World War it was a major base for American forces in the Pacific.

Nouméa
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New Caledonia

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Nouméa. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/noumea
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