Loyalty Islands Province

Loyalty Islands Province Province des îles Loyauté
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Location of Loyalty Islands Province in New Caledonia
Coordinates: 21°04′S 167°21′E / 21.067°S 167.350°E / -21.067; 167.350
Country	France
Collectivity	New Caledonia
Seat	Wé (Lifou)
Government
• President	Jacques Lalié
Area
• Total	1,980.9 km2 (764.8 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	18,353
• Density	9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)
Ethnic Groups (2019)
• Kanak	94.63%
• Multiracial	2%
• European	1.74%
• Ni-Vanuatu	0.09%
• Wallisians and Futunans	0.08%
• Indonesians	0.05%
• Other Asian	0.02%
• Tahitians	0.01%
• Vietnamese	0.01%
• Other	1.38%
Languages	Drehu, Iaai, Nengone
Website	province-iles.nc

Loyalty Islands Province (French: Province des îles Loyauté) is one of the three top-level administrative subdivisions of New Caledonia. It encompasses the Loyalty Islands (French: Îles Loyauté) archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, located northeast of the New Caledonian mainland of Grande Terre.

The provincial government seat is at Lifou. The Loyalty Islands are a collectivité territoriale of France. The province's 2019 population was approximately 18,353 inhabitants living on almost 2,000 km² (770 sq mi). The native inhabitants are Melanesians who speak various Kanak languages and Polynesians who speak the Fagauvea language.