La Foa

La Foa is a commune in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.

Although the provincial seat of the South Province is in Nouméa, La Foa was made the chief town of the administrative subdivision of the South in order to counterbalance the overwhelming weight of Nouméa in New Caledonia. Both entities share an almost identical territory, but their status and role is quite different: the South Province, with its provincial assembly in Nouméa, is a full political division, whereas the administrative subdivision of the South is only an administrative division of the French central state, akin to an arrondissement of Metropolitan France, with a Deputy Commissioner of the Republic (commissaire délégué de la République), akin to a subprefect of metropolitan France, in residence in La Foa.

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La Foa travel guide from Wikivoyage

Foa

Foa is an island in Tonga. It is located within the Haʻapai group in the centre of the country, to northeast of the national capital of Nukuʻalofa.

Foa is linked to adjacent Lifuka Island by a causeway, and is located 640 metres northeast of Lifuka.

The island has an area of 13.39 km². In 1996, the population numbered 1,434. It rose to 1,485 in 2006.

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Coordinates: 19°45′S 174°18′W / 19.750°S 174.300°W / -19.750; -174.300

Foa (genus)

Foa is a genus of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:

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Foa (disambiguation)

Foa can refer to:

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