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New Caledonia: Background & Country Profile

Introduction New Caledonia

Background:
Settled by both Britain and France during the first half of the 19th century, the island was made a French possession in 1853. It served as a penal colony for four decades after 1864. Agitation for independence during the 1980s and early 1990s seems to have dissipated.

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Source: The CIA World Fact Book 2003

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