Thio, New Caledonia

Thio
Commune
An aerial view of the village of Thio
Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia
Location of Thio
Coordinates: 21°37′S 166°13′E / 21.62°S 166.22°E / -21.62; 166.22
Country	France
Sui generis collectivity	New Caledonia
Province	South Province
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Patrick Toura[1]
Area 1	997.6 km2 (385.2 sq mi)
Population  (2019 census)[2]	2,524
• Density	2.5/km2 (6.6/sq mi)
Ethnic distribution
• 2019 census	Kanaks 76.58% Europeans 3.8% Wallisians and Futunans 3.45% Mixed 10.14% Other 6.02%
Time zone	UTC+11:00
INSEE/Postal code	98829 /98829
Elevation	0–1,618 m (0–5,308 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
1 New Caledonia Land Register (DITTT) data, which exclude lakes and ponds larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers.

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

A novel Aerial tramway built by Adolf Bleichert & Co. company in 1906 existed here at the start of the 20th century to facilitate loading ore ships offshore.

References

• https://archive.org/details/selectedbibliogr00amerrich 1916. pg 15 “about one thousand yards long”. Refers to Scientific American Supplement November 27, 1909 and Engineering & Mining Journal February 20, 1909 5 pages, illustrated.
• http://www.zapgillou.fr/mondalazac/articleweb/partie2.htm has a postage stamp, a short description and a Google Earth view.

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