Kouaoua

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Kouaoua

|commune status = Commune

|province = North Province

|image = Laterit.jpg

|caption = Kouaoua opencast mine

|map size = 270px

|adjustable map = Locator map of Kouaoua 2018.png

|map caption = Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia

|INSEE = 98833

|postal code = 98818

|mayor = Patrick Hari{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=12 March 2025|language=fr}}

|term = 2025–2026

|coordinates = {{coord|-21.398|165.818|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 5

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 1058

|area km2 = 383.0

|population = 1304

|population date = 2019 census

|population footnotes = [https://www.isee.nc/component/phocadownload/category/193-recensement?download=1979:rp-2019-population-logement-menages-communes Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019], Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie

|ethnic = Kanaks 89.34%
Europeans 2.07%
Wallisians and Futunans 0.38%
Mixed 4.91%
Other 3.3%

|ethnic date = 2019 census

}}

Kouaoua ({{IPA|fr|kwawa|audio|LL-Q150 (fra)-Noaius Paticus-Kouaoua.wav}}, in Ajië: Kaa Wi Paa) is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Nickel mining is operated in Kouaoua.