Canala

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Commune of Canala
Location
Longitude	21°43' S
Latitude	165°50' E
Administration
Country	France
Sui generis collectivity	New Caledonia
Province	North Province
Mayor	Gilbert Tyuienon
Statistics
Altitude	0 m–1,098 m (avg. 20 m)
Land area¹	438.7 km²
Population² (2004 census)	3,512
- Density (2004 census)	8.0/km²
- Ethnic distribution   (1996 census)	Kanaks 96.1% Europeans 2.6% Polynesians 0.6% Other 0.7%
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	98804/ 98813
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.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

For the spider genus (Desidae), see Canala (spider).

Canala is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.

[edit] History

On April 25, 1995 about 47% of the territory of Canala was detached and became the commune of Kouaoua.