Poya, New Caledonia

Poya
Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia
Coordinates: 21°20′55″S 165°09′04″E / 21.3487°S 165.151°E / -21.3487; 165.151Coordinates: 21°20′55″S 165°09′04″E / 21.3487°S 165.151°E / -21.3487; 165.151
Country	France
Sui generis collectivity	New Caledonia
Province	North Province and South Province
Government
• Mayor	Guyèdre Wamedjo
Area
• Land1	845.8 km2 (326.6 sq mi)
Population (2004 census)
• Population2	2,600
• Population2 Density	3.1/km2 (8.0/sq mi)
Ethnic distribution
• 1996 census	Kanaks 59.0% Europeans 27.3% Polynesians 9.4% Other 4.3%
INSEE/Postal code	98827 / 98827
Elevation	0–1,508 m (0–4,948 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Poya is a commune in New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The largest part of the commune (including the main settlement of Poya itself) lies in the North Province of New Caledonia, and a smaller part of the commune lies in the South Province, an odd situation resulting from the creation of New Caledonia's provinces in 1989. At the 2004 census, 2,478 of the 2,600 inhabitants of Poya lived on the North Province's side of the commune, while only 122 inhabitants lived on the South Province's side.

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