Nouméa is
the capital city of the French special collectivity of New Caledonia. It is
situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande
Terre, and is home to the majority of the island's European, Polynesian (Wallisians,
Futunians, Tahitians), Indonesian, and Vietnamese populations, as well as many Melanesians,
Ni-Vanuatu and Kanaks that work in one of the South Pacific's most industrialised
cities. The city lies on a protected deepwater harbour
