La Foa

La Foa is a commune in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.

La Foa
Commune
Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia
Location of La Foa
Coordinates: 21°42′41″S 165°49′06″E
CountryFrance
Sui generis collectivityNew Caledonia
ProvinceSouth Province
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Nicolas Metzdorf
Area
1
464.0 km2 (179.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2019 census)[1]
3,552
 • Density7.7/km2 (20/sq mi)
Ethnic distribution
 • 2019 censusKanaks 31.11%
Europeans 28.66%
Wallisians and Futunans 10.67%
Mixed 17.96%
Other 11.6%
Time zoneUTC+11:00
INSEE/Postal code
98813 /98880
Elevation0–1,058 m (0–3,471 ft)
(avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
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.
O'kono ceremonial ax - La Foa MHNT

Although the provincial seat of the South Province is in Nouméa, La Foa was made the chief town of the administrative subdivision of the South in order to counterbalance the overwhelming weight of Nouméa in New Caledonia. Both entities share an almost identical territory, but their status and role is quite different: the South Province, with its provincial assembly in Nouméa, is a full political division, whereas the administrative subdivision of the South is only an administrative division of the French central state, akin to an arrondissement of Metropolitan France, with a Deputy Commissioner of the Republic (commissaire délégué de la République), akin to a subprefect of metropolitan France, in residence in La Foa.

References
  1. Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019, Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie

La Foa travel guide from Wikivoyage


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