Loyalty Islands
E803188
The Loyalty Islands are a group of coral islands in the Pacific Ocean that form part of New Caledonia and are home to a significant Kanak population.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | archipelago ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Province of the Loyalty Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Wé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| discoveredByEuropeans | 19th century ⓘ |
| dominantDenomination |
Protestantism
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economy |
fishing
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
European settlers
ⓘ
Kanak people NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallisian and Futunan people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
coral reefs
ⓘ
lagoon beaches ⓘ limestone cliffs ⓘ |
| geologicalType | raised coral atoll ⓘ |
| governingBody | Province des Îles Loyauté NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAirport |
Lifou Airport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maré Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ Ouvéa Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIsland |
Aaa (uninhabited island)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Drehu (local name for Lifou) NERFINISHED ⓘ Faiava (uninhabited island) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lifou NERFINISHED ⓘ Maré NERFINISHED ⓘ Mouli (islet) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ouvéa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalColonizer | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| largestSettlement | Wé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| localLanguage |
Drehu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iaai NERFINISHED ⓘ Nengone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| localLanguageFamily | Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Melanesia
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ South Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorityIndigenousPopulation | Kanak people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedBy | British navigators ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | named in honor of the ship HMS Loyalty or as a reference to loyalty ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| overseasTerritoryOf | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | New Caledonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfCollectivity | New Caledonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | part of French overseas collectivity of New Caledonia ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sovereignState | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+11 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.