Loyalty Islands

E803188

The Loyalty Islands are a group of coral islands in the Pacific Ocean that form part of New Caledonia and are home to a significant Kanak population.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
administeredBy Province of the Loyalty Islands ⓘ
capital Wé ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
country France ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans 19th century ⓘ
dominantDenomination Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
economy fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
ethnicGroup European settlers ⓘ
Kanak people ⓘ
Wallisian and Futunan people ⓘ
linked to: Wallisian people
feature coral reefs ⓘ
lagoon beaches ⓘ
limestone cliffs ⓘ
geologicalType raised coral atoll ⓘ
governingBody Province des Îles Loyauté ⓘ
hasAirport Lifou Airport ⓘ
Maré Airport ⓘ
Ouvéa Airport ⓘ
hasIsland Aaa (uninhabited island) ⓘ
Drehu (local name for Lifou) ⓘ
linked to: Lifou Island

Faiava (uninhabited island) ⓘ
Lifou ⓘ
linked to: Lifou Island

Maré ⓘ
Mouli (islet) ⓘ
Ouvéa ⓘ
linked to: Ouvéa Island

Tiga ⓘ
historicalColonizer France ⓘ
largestSettlement Wé ⓘ
localLanguage Drehu ⓘ
Iaai ⓘ
Nengone ⓘ
localLanguageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
locatedIn Melanesia ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
South Pacific ⓘ
majorityIndigenousPopulation Kanak people ⓘ
namedBy British navigators ⓘ
nameOrigin named in honor of the ship HMS Loyalty or as a reference to loyalty ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
overseasTerritoryOf France ⓘ
partOf New Caledonia ⓘ
partOfCollectivity New Caledonia ⓘ
politicalStatus part of French overseas collectivity of New Caledonia ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
sovereignState France ⓘ
timeZone UTC+11 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kanak people → majorIsland → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Nengone → region → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Drehu → spokenIn → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Nouméa Magenta Airport → servesRegion → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Archdiocese of Nouméa → territoryIncludes → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Kanak languages → region → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Lifu language → region → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Lifou people → locatedIn → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Lifou people → culturalRegion → Loyalty Islands cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Loyalty Islands
Mare → spokenIn → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Maré Island → locatedIn → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Loyalty Islands Province → locatedIn → Loyalty Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Loyalty Islands
Iaai → region → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Southern Melanesian languages → spokenIn → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
West Uvean → spokenIn → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
West Uvean → region → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Faga Uvea → spokenInRegion → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Fagauvea → region → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Ouvéa Uvean → spokenIn → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Lifou Island → locatedIn → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Lifou Island → islandGroup → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Lifou Island → largestIslandOf → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Ouvéa Island → locatedIn → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Nengone people → region → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Iaai people → locatedIn → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Kuto Bay → partOf → Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia tourism region ⓘ
linked to: Loyalty Islands
Mare Island language → spokenIn → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
New Caledonia Ridge → includes → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
New Caledonia Ridge → emergentPortion → Loyalty Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Loyalty Islands
Loyalty Basin → isInVicinityOf → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Dehu → hasRegion → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
New Caledonia Time → usedInRegion → Loyalty Islands ⓘ
Pacific territories → hasMember → Loyalty Islands ⓘ