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» For the yacht of the same name, see Ouvéa (ship).
Ouvéa is a
commune in the
Loyalty Islands Province of
New Caledonia, an overseas territory of
France in the
Pacific Ocean.
Ouvéa is made up of
Ouvéa Island, the smaller
Mouli Island and
Faiava Island, and several
islets around these three islands. All these lie among the
Loyalty Islands, to the northeast of New Caledonia's mainland.
The settlement of
Fayaoué, on Ouvéa Island, is the administrative centre of the commune of Ouvéa.
History
In
April 1988, a
bloody hostage taking took place on Ouvéa.
Four gendarmes were killed and twenty-seven were held
hostage in a
cave by supporters of
FLNKS. Twelve of the
captured gendarmes were released afterwhile, but six members of a
French anti-terrorist squad were also taken
hostage. When
negotiations to
release those taken
hostage didn't succeed, French
security forces sieged the
cave and freed the hostages. Eighteen
Kanaks and two
gendarmes were left
dead, and in the aftermath, it was
alleged that three
Kanaks had been executed or left to perish after being
arrested.
Languages
The two native languages of Ouvéa are the
Melanesian Iaai and the
Polynesian Faga Uvea, which is the only Polynesian language that has taken root in New Caledonia. Speakers of Faga Uvea have fully integrated into the Kanak society, and consider themselves Kanak.
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