New Caledonia Their social organization is traditionally based around clans, which identify as either "land" or "sea" clans, depending on their original location and the occupation of their ancestors. According to the 2009 census, the Kanak constitute 94% of the population in the Loyalty Islands Province, 74% in the North Province and 27% in the South Province. The Kanak tend to be of lower socio-economic status than the Europeans and other settlers. Europeans first settled in New Caledonia when France established a penal colony on the archipelago. Once the prisoners had completed their sentences, they were given land to settle. According to
United States Army Air Forces in the South Pacific Area southern areas of the widely separated Seventh Air Force and independent units scattered in the South Pacific Area during the Solomon Islands campaign. As the war progressed, Thirteenth Air Force units moved into the South West Pacific theatre and coordinated their activities with Fifth as part of the Far East Air Forces, a new Command. COOK ISLANDS ELLICE ISLANDS FIJI ISLANDS NEW CALEDONIA NEW HEBRIDES ISLANDS NEW ZEALAND NORFOLK ISLAND SOCIETY ISLANDS SOLOMON ISLANDS Bougainville Island Buka Island Guadalcanal Island New Georgia Islands Russell Islands TONGA ISLANDS United States Army Air Forces in the South Pacific Area During World War