Everything about Belep totally explained
Belep (sometimes unofficially spelled
Bélep) is a
commune in the
North Province of
New Caledonia, an overseas territory of
France in the
Pacific Ocean.
The commune's territory is made up of the
Belep Islands (also known as the
Belep Archipelago), which lie to the north of New Caledonia's mainland. The two principal islands in the Belep Archipelago are
Art Island (aka Aar) and
Pott Island (aka Phwoc), and the rest of the
archipelago consists of the
Northern Daos Islands, the
Southern Daos Islands, and several very small
islets.
The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of
Waala, on
Art Island, the largest of the
Belep Islands.
History
The Belep Islands were named after a
Kanak chief who settled there in ancient times. A Catholic mission was founded in Belep in
1856. There existed a
leper colony on the islands between
1892 and
1898.
Further Information
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