Koumac

Commune of Koumac

Country

France

Sui generis collectivity

New Caledonia
) | align="center" | 3,003 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Ethnic distribution
()

| align="center" | Europeans 59.3%
Kanaks 34.8%
Polynesians 1.3%
Other 4.6% |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Population density
()|| align="center" | 5.5 pers./km² |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Longitude || style="text-align: center" | |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Latitude || style="text-align: center" | |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | valign=top| Altitude || align="center" | average: 10 m
minimum: 0 m
maximum: 823 m |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | INSEE Code || align="center" | 98812 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Postal code || align="center" | 98850 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | colspan=2| 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.
² Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personnel). |}

Koumac is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.

History

On January 5, 1977 about 46% of the territory of Koumac was detached and became the commune of Poum.

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