Belep

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Belep
Commune
Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia
Location of Belep
Coordinates: 19°45′00″S 163°40′00″E / 19.75°S 163.6667°E / -19.75; 163.6667
Country	France
Sui generis collectivity	New Caledonia
Province	North Province
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Baptiste Moilou[1]
Area 1	69.5 km2 (26.8 sq mi)
Population  (2019 census)[2]	867
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Ethnic distribution
• 2019 census	Kanaks 98.5% Europeans 0.12% Mixed 1.04% Other 0.23%
Time zone	UTC+11:00
INSEE/Postal code	98801 /98811
Elevation	0–283 m (0–928 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.

Belep (sometimes unofficially spelled Bélep) is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It has almost 900 people living on 70 km².

The commune's territory is made up of the Belep Islands (also known as the Belep Archipelago), which lie to the north of New Caledonia's mainland. The two principal islands in the Belep Archipelago are Art Island (a.k.a. Aar) and Pott Island ^fr (a.k.a. Phwoc). The rest of the archipelago consists of the Northern and Southern Daos Islands, and several very small islets.

The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Waala, on Art Island, the largest of the Belep Islands. The local language is Nyêlâyu.^[3]