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French Polynesia - Introduction 1993
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Background: The French annexed various Polynesian island groups during the 19th century.


French Polynesia - Geography 1993
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Location: Oceania, halfway between Australia and South America

Geographic coordinates

Map referenceOceania

Area
Total: 3,941 km²
Land: 3,660 km²

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 2,525 km
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm

Maritime claims

Climate: tropical, but moderate

Terrain: mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs

Elevation

Natural resources
Land use

Land use
Arable land: 1%
Permanent crops: 19%
Meadows and pastures: 5%
Forest and woodland: 31%
Other: 44%

Irrigated land: NA km²

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography


French Polynesia - People 1993
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Population: 210,333 (July 1993 est.)
Growth rate: 2.26% (1993 est.)

Nationality
Noun: French Polynesian(s)
Adjective: French Polynesian

Ethnic groups: Polynesian 78%, Chinese 12%, local French 6%, metropolitan French 4%

Languages: French (official), Tahitian (official)
Total population: 98%
Male: 98%
Female: 98%

Religions: Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 16%

Demographic profile
Age structure

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate: 2.26% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 27.89 births/1000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 5.27 deaths/1000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1000 population (1993 est.)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues: occasional cyclonic storm in January; includes five archipelagoes
Current issues note:
Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in
Kiribati and Nauru


Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 15 deaths/1000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 70.33 years
Male: 67.95 years
Female: 72.84 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.32 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


French Polynesia - Government 1993
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Country name
Conventional long form: Territory of French Polynesia
Conventional short form: French Polynesia
Local long form: Territoire de la Polynesie Francaise
Local short form: Polynesie Francaise

Government type: overseas territory of France since 1946

Capital: Papeete

Administrative divisions:
none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 5 archipelagic divisions named Archipel des Marquises, Archipel des
Tuamotu, Archipel des Tubuai, Iles du Vent, and Iles Sous-le-Vent
Clipperton Island is administered by France from French Polynesia


Dependent areas

Independence: none (overseas territory of France)

National holiday: National Day, Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789)

Constitution: 28 September 1958 (French Constitution)

Legal system: based on French system

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch: French president, high commissioner of the republic, president of the Council of Ministers, vice president of the Council of Ministers, Council of Ministers

Legislative branch: unicameral Territorial Assembly

Judicial branch: Court of Appeal, Court of the First Instance, Court of Administrative Law

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation: ESCAP (associate), FZ, ICFTU, SPC, WMO

Diplomatic representation
In the us:
as an overseas territory of France,
French Polynesian interests are represented in the US by France

From the us: none (overseas territory of France)

Flag descriptionflag of French%20Polynesia: the flag of France is used

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


French Polynesia - Economy 1993
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Economy overview: Since 1962, when France stationed military personnel in the region, French Polynesia has changed from a subsistence economy to one in which a high proportion of the work force is either employed by the military or supports the tourist industry. Tourism accounts for about 20% of GDP and is a primary source of hard currency earnings.

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate: NA%

Real gdp per capita: $6,000 (1991 est.)

Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products: coconut and vanilla plantations; vegetables and fruit; poultry, beef, dairy products

Industries: tourism, pearls, agricultural processing, handicrafts

Industrial production growth rate: growth rate NA%

Labor force: 76,630 employed (1988)
Labor force

Unemployment rate: 14.9% (1988 est.)

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget: revenues $614 million; expenditures $957 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1988)

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year: calendar year

Inflation rate consumer prices

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $88.9 million (f.o.b., 1989)
Commodoties: coconut products 79%, mother-of-pearl 14%, vanilla, shark meat
Partners: France 54%, US 17%, Japan 17%

Imports: $765 million (c.i.f., 1989)
Commodoties: fuels, foodstuffs, equipment

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (CFPF) per US$1 - 99.65 (January 1993), 96.24 (1992), 102.57 (1991), 99.00 (1990), 115.99 (1989), 108.30 (1988; note - linked at the rate of 18.18 to the French franc


French Polynesia - Energy 1993
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Electricity
Production: 75,000 kW capacity; 275 million kWh produced, 1,330 kWh per capita (1992)

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


French Polynesia - Communication 1993
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Telephones

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


French Polynesia - Military 1993
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Military expenditures

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


French Polynesia - Transportation 1993
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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports: 43
Usable: 41
With permanentsurface runways: 23
With runways over 3659 m: 0
With runways 2440-3659 m: 2
With runways 1220-2439 m: 12

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways

Waterways

Merchant marine: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,127 GRT/6,710 DWT; includes 2 passenger-cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo; note - a captive subset of the French register

Ports and terminals


French Polynesia - Transnational issues 1993
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Disputes international: none

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs


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