Dumbéa | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Province: | South Province |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Dumbéa (Nouvelle-Calédonie).svg |
Map Size: | 270px |
Adjustable Map: | Locator map of Dumbéa 2018.png |
Map Caption: | Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia |
Insee: | 98805 |
Postal Code: | 98835 |
Mayor: | Yoann Lecourieux[1] |
Term: | 2023 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | -22.15°N 166.45°W |
Elevation M: | 20 |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 1250 |
Area Km2: | 254.6 |
Population: | 35873 |
Population Date: | 2019 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Ethnic: | Kanaks 29.61% Europeans 19.08% Wallisians and Futunans 18.24% Mixed 14.54% Other 18.53% |
Ethnic Date: | 2019 |
Dumbéa (in French pronounced as /dœ̃bea/, pronounced as /ɳɖùmbea/) is a commune in the suburbs of Nouméa in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The population of the commune was 35,873 according to the 2019 census.
From 1904 to 1940 the town was linked to Nouméa by the Nouméa-Païta railway.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Oceania. Dumbéa is twinned with:[3]