Nouméa

[noo-mey-uh]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.

Nouméa

/ numea, ˌnuːˈmeɪə /

noun

1. the capital and chief port of the French Overseas Territory of New Caledonia. Pop: 146 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

“It’s a scene of war” in some places, said Nouméa resident Betty Levanque.

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Denise Fisher, who was Australia’s consul general in the New Caledonian capital of Nouméa during the early 2000s, said the violence was the worst seen in the archipelago in 40 years.

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The Nouméa Accord, signed in 1998, put the territory onto a path of more autonomy.

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Those restrictions have since been lifted, and commercial flights are slowly resuming from a smaller airstrip near the capital, Noumea, though the territory’s main airport remains closed.

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The authorities continue to enforce a nightly curfew and a ban on alcohol sales, while Indigenous Kanak protesters maintain barricades on Noumea’s outskirts and in remote towns like Hienghene.

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