is du Pacifique franc (XPF)

Currency code:
XPF

Exchange rates:
Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF) per US dollar - 95.01
(2006), 95.89 (2005), 96.04 (2004), 105.66 (2003), 126.71 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications New Caledonia

Telephones - main lines in use:
55,300 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
134,300 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: country code - 687; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:
107,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
6 (plus 25 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:
52,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.nc

Internet hosts:
13,962 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

Internet users:
76,000 (2005)

Transportation New Caledonia

Airports:
25 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 11
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 2 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 6 (2006)

Heliports:
6 (2006)

Roadways:
total: 5,432 km (2000)

Merchant marine:
total: 2 ships (1000 GRT or over) 3,566 GRT/2,543 DWT
by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 1 (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Noumea

Military New Caledonia

Military branches:
no regular indigenous military forces; French Armed Forces
(includes Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie); Police Force

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 50,874 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 40,822 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 1,907 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
NA

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
NA

Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of France

Transnational Issues New Caledonia

Disputes - international:
Matthew and Hunter Islands east of New Caledonia claimed by France
and Vanuatu

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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@New Zealand

Introduction New Zealand

Background:
The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In
1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the
Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded so