Ouvéa Island

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Ouvéa Island is a remote atoll in New Caledonia’s Loyalty Islands, noted for its white-sand beaches, turquoise lagoon, and indigenous Kanak communities.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ouvéa Island canonical 3
ʻUvea Island 2
Loyalty Islands archipelago 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France
island
administeredBy Loyalty Islands Province NERFINISHED
connectedBy domestic flights from Nouméa
country France
ethnicGroup Kanak people NERFINISHED
indigenous Melanesians
governedAs French commune
hasAirport Ouvéa Airport NERFINISHED
hasBiodiversity coral reef fish
marine turtles
seabird colonies
hasCapital Fayaoué NERFINISHED
hasClimate tropical climate
hasEconomicActivity copra production
fishing
small-scale agriculture
tourism
hasFeature coconut plantations
coral reef
limestone cliffs
narrow land strip
remote location
turquoise lagoon
white-sand beaches
hasHistoricalEvent Ouvéa cave hostage-taking NERFINISHED
hasLargestSettlement Fayaoué NERFINISHED
hasLocalLanguage Fagauvea language NERFINISHED
Iaai language NERFINISHED
hasOfficialLanguage French
hasPopulationGroup Kanak tribes NERFINISHED
hasProtectedArea Ouvéa Lagoon NERFINISHED
hasReligion Christianity
hasSeason cooler dry season
warm wet season
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageStatus part of Lagoons of New Caledonia
historicalEventYear 1988
knownFor Kanak culture
beach tourism
natural beauty
traditional tribal life
locatedIn Loyalty Islands NERFINISHED
New Caledonia NERFINISHED
South Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
partOf Loyalty Islands Province NERFINISHED
Overseas collectivity of New Caledonia NERFINISHED
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 2008
usesCurrency CFP franc NERFINISHED

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iaai language spokenIn Ouvéa Island
Iaai language region Ouvéa Island
Fagauvea language spokenIn Ouvéa Island
Fagauvea language region Ouvéa Island
this entity surface form: Ouvéa
Île des Pins partOf Ouvéa Island
this entity surface form: Loyalty Islands archipelago
Uveans region Ouvéa Island
this entity surface form: ʻUvea Island
Uveans indigenousTo Ouvéa Island
this entity surface form: ʻUvea Island