The largest and best known of the Society French Polynesia hosts the Hawaiki nui va'a [fr] an international race between Tahiti, Huahine and Bora Bora.

Flora includes breadfruit, pandanus, and coconut palms.

[1] They cover a land area of 1,590 square kilometres (610 sq mi). – Institut Statistique de Polynésie Française (www.ispf.pf) [21] The highest representative of the State in the territory is the High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia (French: Haut commissaire de la République en Polynésie française). In 1885, France appointed a governor and established a general council, thus giving it the proper administration for a colony. Polynesians with light European and/or East Asian mixing. Life expectancy is 78.3 years for women and 73.2 years for men.

French Catholic missionaries arrived on Tahiti in 1834; their expulsion in 1836 caused France to send a gunboat in 1838. A majority of 54% belongs to various Protestant churches, especially the Maohi Protestant Church, which is the largest and accounts for more than 50% of the population. mostly USA, New Zealand, Japan and France) is concentrated in this archipelago. King Pōmare II of Tahiti was forced to flee to Mo'orea in 1803; he and his subjects were converted to Protestantism in 1812. Demographics; Population: 227,807 : Pop. In 1983 French Polynesia became a member of the Pacific Community, a regional development organization. [15] In 1977, French Polynesia was granted partial internal autonomy; in 1984, the autonomy was extended. The Status and Location of the Military Installations of the Member States of the European Union and Their Potential Role for the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).

This modest growth rate is expected to continue for the next decade. [30] An organic law of 12 April 1996 states that "French is the official language, Tahitian and other Polynesian languages can be used." Although not an integral part of its territory, Clipperton Island was administered from French Polynesia until 2007. [19] He replaced former president Gaston Tong Sang, opposed to independence, who lost a no-confidence vote in the Assembly of French Polynesia on 31 August after the longtime former president of French Polynesia, Gaston Flosse, hitherto opposed to independence, sided with his long enemy Oscar Temaru to topple the government of Gaston Tong Sang. [4], Scientists believe the Great Polynesian Migration commenced around 1500 BC as Austronesian peoples went on a journey using celestial navigation to find islands in the South Pacific Ocean. [23] The population of natives of metropolitan France living in French Polynesia has declined in relative terms since the 1980s, but in absolute terms their population peaked at the 2007 census with 24,265 natives of metropolitan France living in French Polynesia that year (not counting their children born in French Polynesia). Despite the crew being twice as numerous as that of the Dolphin, the islanders had sufficient food to trade their surplus for axes, knives and other iron goods.[6]:90–96. Their area is 395 km² with a population of over 33,000. Between 1946 and 2003, French Polynesia had the status of an overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer, or TOM). The Leeward Islands (French: Îles Sous-le-vent; Tahitian: Fenua Raro Mata’i, literally "Islands Under-the-Wind") are the western part of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the South Pacific. The captain and crew were quite sick with scurvy on arrival and were keen to obtain fresh food. The islands are divided, both geographically and administratively, into two groups: The islands became a French protectorate in 1843 and a colony in 1880 under the name of French Establishments of Oceania (Établissements Français d'Océanie, EFO). The archipelago is believed to have been named by Captain James Cook during his first voyage in 1769, supposedly in honour of the Royal Society, the sponsor of the first British scientific survey of the islands; however, Cook stated in his journal that he called the islands Society "as they lay contiguous to one another."[2]. Under the terms of Article 74 of the French constitution and the Organic Law 2014-192 on the statute of autonomy of French Polynesia, politics of French Polynesia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic French overseas collectivity, whereby the President of French Polynesia is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. With 268 270 inhabitants in 2012, the population of French Polynesia has doubled on 40 years (see chart below). Having declared a protectorate over Tahuata in 1842, the French regarded the entire Marquesas Islands as French. At the French municipal elections held in March 2008, several prominent mayors who are member of the Flosse-Temaru coalition lost their offices in key municipalities of French Polynesia, which was interpreted as a disapproval of the way Gaston Tong Sang, whose party French Polynesian voters had placed first in the territorial elections the month before, had been prevented from becoming president of French Polynesia by the last minute alliance between Flosse and Temaru's parties. The collectivity government retains control over primary and secondary education, health, town planning, and the environment. They had a wide range of artistic skills and could be priests, navigators and lore specialists. Politics & Society Reports. Its statutory law of 27 February 2004 gives it the particular designation of overseas country inside the Republic (pays d'outre-mer au sein de la République, or POM), but without legal modification of its status. Papeete, located on Tahiti, is the capital. Regions [] Windward Islands []. The administrative subdivision is identical with the electoral district of the Leeward Islands, one of French Polynesia's 6 electoral districts for the Assembly of French Polynesia (see also Politics of French Polynesia). [46], In 2008, French Polynesia's imports amounted to 2.2 billion U.S. dollars and exports amounted to 0.2 billion U.S.
[2] The urban area of Papeete, the capital city, has 136,771 inhabitants (2017 census). In 1606 another Spanish expedition under Pedro Fernandes de Queirós sailed through Polynesia sighting an inhabited island on 10 February[6] which they called Sagitaria (or Sagittaria), probably the island of Rekareka to the southeast of Tahiti. In 1940, the administration of French Polynesia recognised the Free French Forces and many Polynesians served in World War II. Postage stamps were first issued in the colony in 1892. They consist of two groups, the Îles du Vent (Windward Islands) in the east and the Îles Sous le Vent (Leeward Islands) in the west. [42], French Polynesia is internationally known for diving. There are also about 22,000 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and 2,700 Jehovah's Witnesses. The last census that asked about ethnicity occurred in 1988, at which point 66.5% of the population was ethnically Polynesian, 7% was ethnically mixed Polynesian, 11.9% were European (primarily French), 93% were of mixed Polynesian and French descent (referred to as the Demis) and 4.7% were East Asians (primarily Chinese). Consequently, most of the economic activity and business relationships with the rest of the world (i.e. French Polynesia has five administrative subdivisions (subdivisions administratives): Total population at the August 2017 census was 275,918 inhabitants. 230–231. The Leeward Islands (subdivision administrative des Îles Sous-le-vent) are one of French Polynesia's five administrative subdivisions. Politically, they are part of French Polynesia, an overseas country of the French Republic. Despite a local assembly and government, French Polynesia is not in a free association with France, like the Cook Islands with New Zealand. [23], At the 1988 census, the last census which asked questions regarding ethnicity, 66.5% of people were ethnically unmixed Polynesians, 7.1% were ethnically Polynesians with light European and/or East Asian mixing, 11.9% were Europeans (mostly French), 9.3% were people of mixed European and Polynesian descent, the so-called Demis (literally meaning "Half"), and 4.7% were East Asians (mainly Chinese). 2016. pp. They are formed of trachyte, dolerite and basalt.

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