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    French Polynesia

    French overseas country in the southern Pacific Ocean
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    French Polynesia is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole overseas country. It comprises 121 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over more than 2,000 kilometres in the South Pacific Ocean. The total land area of French Polynesia is 3,521 square kilometres, with a population of 278,786 of which at least 205,000 live in the Society Islands and the remaining population lives in the rest of the archipelago. French Polynesia is divided into five groups of islands: 1. the Society Islands archipelago, comprising the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands 2. the Tuamotu Archipelago 3. the Gambier Islands 4. the Marquesas Islands 5. the Austral Islands. Among its 121 islands and atolls, 75 were inhabited at the 2017 census. Tahiti, which is in the Society Islands group, is the most populous island, being home to nearly 69% of the population of French Polynesia as of 2017. Papeete, located on Tahiti, is the capital of French Polynesia. Wikipedia

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  2. britannica.com

    French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France consisting of five archipelagoes in the south-central Pacific Ocean. It includes some 130 islands scattered across part of the Pacific. The capital, Papeete, is on the island of Tahiti. Read more about French Polynesia here.
  3. britannica.com

    French Polynesia - Tahiti, Oceania, Colonization: This section focuses specifically on the history and development of the area and country now known as French Polynesia. For a discussion of the history of French Polynesia in its broader, regional context, see Pacific Islands.
  4. newworldencyclopedia.org

    French Polynesia, or as it is known in Tahitian language, Porinetia Farani, is a French "overseas country" in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti, in the Society Islands group, also the location of the capital of the territory (Papeete). Tahiti played a role in the late eighteenth century saga of the mutiny on ...
  5. frommers.com

    French Polynesia remained an idyllic backwater until the early 1960s, except for periodic invasions by artists and writers. French painter Paul Gauguin gave up his family and his career as a Parisian stockbroker and arrived in 1891; he spent his days reproducing Tahiti's colors and people on canvas until he died in 1903 on Hiva Oa, in the ...
  6. iexplore.com

    The first people to set eyes on Tahiti and French Polynesia's other isolated islands migrated from Southeast Asia roughly 4,000 years ago. Most of today's South Pacific residents are descendants of these sailors who navigated the Pacific Ocean's challenging waters aboard wooden canoes stitched with natural fibers.
  7. familysearch.org

    History French Polynesia is divided into five groups of islands: the Society Islands archipelago, composed of the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands; the Tuamotu Archipelago; the Gambier Islands; the Marquesas Islands; and the Austral Islands. Among its 118 islands and atolls, 67 are inhabited. Tahiti, which is located within the Society Islands, is the most populous island, having close ...

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