Bourail
Bourail is a rural town of Grande Terre, New Caledonia's main island. The municipality stretches between the mountain ranges running the length of New Caledonia down to the sea. Beaches attract tourists but have retained their natural landscapes, and are popular with surfers. The town lies at the confluence of several rivers, is the crossroads of many valleys including Boghen, Bacouya, Nessadiou, Nera, Tene and La Pouéo.
The territory of the municipality has various natural landscapes:
With a density of 6 inhabitants / km ², Bourail has a mix rural and town life.
* Mining landscapes
* Landscapes of valleys and alluvial plains making Bourail the capital of rural New Caledonia
* Coastal mangroves
* The coastline also includes surf beaches and calmer beaches protected by the outer coral reef
* seascapes including reefs and passes
Map - Bourail
Map
Country - New_Caledonia
New Caledonia has a land area of 18576 km2 divided into three provinces. The North and South Provinces are on the New Caledonian mainland, while the Loyalty Islands Province is a series of three islands off the east coast of mainland. New Caledonia's population of 271,407 (October 2019 census) is of diverse origins and varies by geography; in the North and Loyalty Islands Provinces, the indigenous Kanak people predominate, while the wealthy South Province contains significant populations of European (Caldoches and Metropolitan French), Kanak, and Polynesian (mostly Wallisian) origin, as well as smaller groups of Southeast Asian, Pied-Noir, and North African heritage. The capital of New Caledonia is Nouméa.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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XPF | CFP franc | â‚£ | 0 |
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FR | French language |