French Polynesia Atoll

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 liv…
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.
  • Capital: Papeete
  • Largest city: Faʻaʻā
  • Sovereign state: France
  • Protectorate proclaimed: 9 September 1842
  • Territorial status: 27 October 1946
  • Collectivity status: 28 March 2003
  • Official languages: French
Data from: en.wikipedia.org