French Polynesie
Coordinates: 17°32′S 149°34′W / 17.533°S 149.567°W
French Polynesie
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Caipital | Papeetē 17°34′S 149°36′W / 17.567°S 149.600°W |
Lairgest ceety | Fa'a'a |
Offeecial leids | French |
Ethnic groups (1988[1]) |
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Demonym(s) | French Polynesie |
Govrenment | Dependent territory |
François Hollande | |
• Preses o French Polynesie | Gaston Flosse |
• Heich Commissioner | Lionel Beffre |
Owerseas collectivity o Fraunce | |
• Protectorate | 1842 |
• Owerseas territory | 1946 |
• Owerseas collectivity | 2003 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 4,167 km2 (1,609 sq mi) (173rd) |
• Water (%) | 12 |
• Land aurie[2] | 3,521.2 km2 1,359.5 sq mi |
Population | |
• Aug 2012 census | 268,270[3] (177t) |
• Density | 76/km2 (196.8/sq mi) (130t) |
GDP (nominal) | 2008 estimate |
• Tot | US$7.14 billion[4] (not ranked) |
• Per capita | US$27,352[4] (not ranked) |
Currency | CFP franc (XPF) |
Time zone | UTC-10, −9:30, -9 |
Drivin side | richt |
Cawin code | +689 |
ISO 3166 code | PF |
Internet TLD | .pf |
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French Polynesie (i/ˈfrɛntʃ pɒlᵻˈniːʒə/; French: Polynésie française, pronounced [pɔlinezi fʁɑ̃sɛz]; Tahitian: Pōrīnetia Farāni) is a owerseas kintra (pays d'outre-mer) o the French Republic. It is made up o wheen groups o Polynesie islands, the maist faur-kent island bein Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is an aa the maist populous island an the seat o the caipital o the territory (Papeetē). Altho nae a integral pairt o its territory, Clipperton Island wis admeenistered frae French Polynesie til 2007.
References
- ↑ Most recent ethinc census, in 1988. "Frontières ethniques et redéfinition du cadre politique à Tahiti" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 26 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 31 Mey 2011.
- ↑ "R1- Population sans doubles comptes, des subdivisions, communes et communes associées de Polynésie française, de 1971 à 1996". ISPF. Archived frae the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ↑ "Population des communes de Polynésie française". INSEE. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ↑ a b (in French) "COMPTES ÉCONOMIQUES 2008 - Polynésie française". ISPF. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2013.