Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 220V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call New Caledonia
- +687
What every visitor should know about New Caledonia:
- Money
- The currency is the CFP franc (XPF). 10 XPF is worth about US$0.13, or €0.08.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 5 out of 5 (Very safe)
Areas of concern:
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Capital
- Noumea
- Tap water
- Safe in cities, but bottled water is advisable in rural areas.
New Caledonia facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 227,436
- Language
- French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
- Ethnicity
- Melanesian 44.1%, European 34.1%, Wallisian & Futunian 9%, Tahitian 2.6%, Indonesian 2.5%, Vietnamese 1.4%, Ni-Vanuatu 1.1%, other 5.2%
Economy
- GDP
- US$15,000 (per capita)