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  • Barracks in Fort Teremba.jpg

    Photo by Vincent Chaigneau via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5)

  • View from the top of the fort.jpg

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Background

Fort Teremba is a former fort and a prison located near Moindou in New Caledonia, which came to be set up to house prisoners and the supervisory staff. The prisoners were brought to build road network Canala-Bourail-Boulouparis. It overlooks Teremba Bay (Uarai Bay), opposite the mouth of the La Foa River, 124 kilometres north of Noumea. The fort was further strengthened following the revolt by Kanak people against the French Colonial rule, in 1878, when they had besieged the prison. The fort was closed in 1898.

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Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1871

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1871

Region

Security level

Death-row facility

No

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