Koné

Koné Overview

Koné is a city situated in New Caledonia, functioning within the administration of the North Province. Operating in the Pacific/Noumea timezone, the municipality records a population of 4572 residents and sits at geographic coordinates latitude -21.05951 and longitude 164.86582.

Cultural exchange involving the name Koné extends across international and linguistic boundaries well beyond the borders of New Caledonia. The designation is shared by multiple geographic places, including a settlement in Burkina Faso and the ancient Phrygian town of Kone, alongside a volcanic feature in Ethiopia known as Kone volcano.

Beyond geographical locations, the name connects distinct cultural and commercial spheres worldwide. In corporate history, it denotes the Finnish elevator engineering and service enterprise founded in 1910, which subsequently inspired scientific nomenclature such as the moth species Niveas kone. Linguistic and media variations also appear in broadcasting, notably through the Texas radio station operating under the call sign KONE (FM), as well as a Nevada radio station historically designated by the same letters before its change to KHIT. Surnames bearing the form Koné further contribute to the cultural distribution of the name across human populations.

Within its home territory in New Caledonia, the community utilizes the regional currency XPF and interacts administratively through the languages coded as fr-NC. These linguistic and administrative markers ground the city within its specific territorial framework while the broader name participates in global reference systems spanning engineering, antiquity, broadcasting, and biological taxonomy.