Kouaoua

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Commune of Kouaoua
Administration
Country	France
Sui generis collectivity	New Caledonia
Province	North Province
Mayor	Karaïmia Pwëpwë Mereatu
Statistics
Altitude	0 m–1,058 m (avg. 5 m)
Land area¹	383.0 km²
Population² (2004 census)	1,586
- Density (2004 census)	4.1/km²
- Ethnic distribution   (1996 census)	Kanaks 74.9% Europeans 13.1% Polynesians 9.6% Other 2.4%
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	98833/ 98818
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).

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

[edit] History

The commune of Kouaoua was created on April 25, 1995 by detaching its territory from the commune of Canala.