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| name = Loyalty Islands |
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| image caption = [[Flag of Loyalty Islands]] |
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| map image = Loyalty Islands map.png |
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| native name = Îles Loyauté |
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| native name link = French language |
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| location = [[Pacific Ocean]] |
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| coordinates = {{coord|21|04|S|167|21|E|type:isle|display=title}} |
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| total islands = |
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| major islands = [[Lifou Island|Lifou]], [[Maré Island|Maré]], [[Tiga Island|Tiga]], [[Ouvéa Island|Ouvéa]], [[Mouli Island|Mouli]], [[Faiava Island|Faiava]] |
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| area_km2 = 1,981 |
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| elevation_m = 138 |
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| country = {{flag|France}} |
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| country admin divisions title = [[Overseas territory (France)|Overseas territory]] |
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| country admin divisions = {{flag|New Caledonia}} |
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| country largest city = [[Wé]] |
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| population = 18,297<ref name="census">{{cite web|title=Population Structure and Trends|url=http://www.isee.nc/population/recensement/structure-de-la-population-et-evolutions|website=Institute de la Statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie|publisher=Institute de la Statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie|accessdate=3 July 2017|language=French}}</ref> |
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| population as of = 2014 |
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| density_km2 = 9.2 |
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| ethnic groups = Predominantly [[Kanak people|Kanak]] and Tavu'avua' |
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| languages = Loyalty Islands langauges: [[Drehu language|Drehu]], [[Iaai langauge|Iaai]], [[Nengone language|Nengone]] |
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The '''Loyalty Islands''' ({{lang-fr|Îles Loyauté}}) are an [[archipelago]] in the [[Pacific]]. They are part of the [[France|French]] territory of [[New Caledonia]], whose mainland is {{convert|100|km}} away. They form the [[Loyalty Islands Province]] (''province des îles Loyauté''), one of the three provinces of New Caledonia. It has 18,000 people living on almost 2,000 square km. The native inhabitants are the [[Kanak people]] and the Tavu'avua' people. |
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The first Western contact on record is attributed to British Captain [[William Raven]] of the whaler [[Britannia (1783 whaler)|''Britannia'']], who in 1793 was on his way from [[Norfolk Island]] to [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]], now called [[Jakarta]]. It is very likely, however, that the discovery and name goes back to the London ship ''Loyalty'' on a Pacific Ocean trading voyage from 1789 till 1790. |
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==Geography== |
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The archipelago consists of six inhabited islands: [[Lifou Island]], [[Maré Island]], [[Tiga Island]], [[Ouvéa Island]], [[Mouli Island]], and [[Faiava Island]], as well as several smaller uninhabited islands and [[islet]]s. Their combined land area is {{convert|1,981|km²|0|abbr=on}}. The highest elevation is at {{convert|138|m|0|abbr=on}} [[above sea level]] on Maré Island. |
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[[Loyalty Islands Province]] is divided into three [[commune in France|communes]] (municipalities): |
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*[[Lifou]] (comprises [[Lifou Island]], [[Tiga Island]], and several [[islet]]s) |
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*[[Maré]] (comprises [[Maré Island]] and [[Dudun Island]]) |
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*[[Ouvéa]] (comprises [[Ouvéa Island]], [[Mouli Island]], [[Faiava Island]], and several nearby islands and islets) |
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*[[Walpole Island (New Caledonia)|Walpole Island]] is geographically part of the Loyalty Islands, but administratively part of the commune of [[Isle of Pines, New Caledonia|Île des Pins]], [[South Province, New Caledonia|South Province]]. |
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The people of the Loyalty Islands are of mixed [[Melanesians|Melanesian]] and [[Polynesia|Polynesian]] ancestry, with a small European minority. They numbered 17,436 at the 2009 census, a 7.9% reduction from the 22,080 as at the preceding 2004 census. However in 2014, the population grew to 18,297, an increase of 4.9%. Several thousand more Loyalty Islanders live in [[Nouméa]], the capital, and in the mining areas of New Caledonia's main island. The chief export of the Loyalty Islands is [[copra]]. The islands are part of the [[New Caledonia rain forests]] ecoregion. |
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== Provincial congress == |
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Of 14 seats in the province's congress, the nationalist [[Caledonian Union]] holds four, the anti-independence [[Rally for Caledonia in the Republic]] holds two, and the [[National Union for Independence-Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front]], Socialist Kanak Liberation, [[Renewed Caledonian Union]] and [[Union of Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees]] each have two. |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal|New Caledonia|Islands}} |
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* [[d'Entrecasteaux Ridge]] |
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*[[Collectivité territoriale]] |
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*[[Endemic Birds of New Caledonia]] |
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*[[Politics of New Caledonia]] |
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== References == |
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*Dunbabin, Thomas: William Raven, RN, and his 'Britannia', 1792–95; in: The Mariner's mirror, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Nov.); London [u.a.] 1960 (S. 297-303) |
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*Dunmore, John: Who's who in Pacific navigation; Carlton, Vic. 1992 |
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*Henze, Dietmar: Enzyklopädie der Entdecker und Erforscher der Erde, Bd. 4; Graz 2000 |
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*Jones, A. G. E.: Ships employed in the South Seas trade Vol. 1: 1775 - 1861; Canberra 1986 & Vol. 2: 1775 - 1859; Burwood, Vic. [1992] |
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*{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|title = Raven, William (1756–1814)|last=Parsons|first=Vivienne|year=1967|id2=raven-william-2574}} |
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*Riesenberg, Saul H.: Six Pacific island discoveries; in: The [[American Neptune]], Vol. 34; Salem, Mass. 1974 (S. 249-57) |
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*Sharp, Andrew: The discovery of the Pacific Islands; Oxford 1960 |
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{{Administrative divisions of New Caledonia}} |
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{{Polynesia}} |
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[[Category:Islands of New Caledonia]] |
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[[Category:Geography of New Caledonia]] |
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[[Category:Archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean]] |
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