Flag of New Caledonia

🎨 What the flag means

New Caledonia, part of France, flies two flags side by side in many towns: the French tricolour and the flag of the Kanak people, with blue, red and green stripes. On the Kanak flag, blue stands for the sky and ocean and green for the land. A yellow disc for the sun shows a carved arrow that decorates the roofs of traditional Kanak houses.

📊 Quick facts

👥 Population

278.5 thousand (2017)

🏙️ Capital

Nouméa96.1 thousand people (2019)

🗣️ Main language

French

✨ 3 fun facts

1. New Caledonia's lagoon is one of the largest in the world and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
2. The world's largest living fern, Sphaeropteris intermedia, grows naturally only in New Caledonia.
3. 13 of the 35 known kinds of Araucaria trees grow naturally only in New Caledonia.