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Poum
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| Commune of Poum | |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Sui generis collectivity | New Caledonia |
| Province | North Province |
| Mayor | Emmanuel Daye |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 0 m–412 m (avg. 5 m) |
| Land area¹ | 469.4 km² |
| Population² (2004 census) |
1,390 |
| - Density (2004 census) | 3.0/km² |
| - Ethnic distribution (1996 census) |
Kanaks 79.7% Europeans 17.6% Polynesians 0.7% Other 2.0% |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 98826/ 98826 |
| ¹ New Caledonia Land Register (DITTT) data, which exclude lakes and ponds larger than 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Poum is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.
The commune of Poum was created on January 5, 1977 by detaching its territory from the commune of Koumac.
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