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French Polynesia
Header
Affiliation:
(overseas territory of France)
Geography
Location:
Oceania, Polynesia halfway between Australia and South America
Map references:
Oceania
Area:
total area:
3,941 sq km
land area:
3,660 sq km
comparative area:
slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
2,525 km
Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
territorial sea:
12 nm
International disputes:
none
Climate:
tropical, but moderate
Terrain:
mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs
Natural resources:
timber, fish, cobalt
Land use:
arable land:
1%
permanent crops:
19%
meadows and pastures:
5%
forest and woodland:
31%
other:
44%
Irrigated land:
NA sq km
Environment:
current issues:
NA
natural hazards:
occasional cyclonic storms in January
international agreements:
NA
Note:
includes five archipelagoes; 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
People
Population:
215,129 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.25% (1994 est.)
Birth rate:
27.75 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate:
5.27 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
14.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
70.54 years
male:
68.14 years
female:
73.06 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate:
3.31 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
French Polynesian(s)
adjective:
French Polynesian
Ethnic divisions:
Polynesian 78%, Chinese 12%, local French 6%, metropolitan French 4%
Religions:
Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 16%
Languages:
French (official), Tahitian (official)
Literacy:
age 14 and over but definition of literacy not available (1977)
total population:
98%
male:
98%
female:
98%
Labor force:
76,630 employed (1988)
Government
Names:
conventional long form:
Territory of French Polynesia
conventional short form:
local long form:
Territoire de la Polynesie Francaise
local short form:
Polynesie Francaise
Digraph:
FP
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
note:
Clipperton Island is administered by France from French Polynesia
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
Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state:
President Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May 1981); High Commissioner
of the Republic Michel JAU (since NA February 1992)
head of government:
President of the Territorial Government of French Polynesia Gaston
FLOSSE (since 10 May 1991); Deputy to the French Assembly and
President of the Territorial Assembly Jean JUVENTIN (since NA November
1992); Territorial Vice President and Minister of Health Michel
BUILLARD (since 12 September 1991)
cabinet:
Council of Ministers; president submits a list of members of the
Assembly for approval by them to serve as ministers
Legislative branch:
unicameral
Territorial Assembly:
elections last held 17 March 1991 (next to be held March 1996);
results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (41 total) People's
Rally for the Republic (Gaullist) 18, Polynesian Union Party 12, New
Fatherland Party 7, other 4
French Senate:
elections last held 24 September 1989 (next to be held September
1998); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (1 total) party
NA
French National Assembly:
elections last held 21 and 28 March 1993 (next to be held NA March
1998); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (2 total)
People's Rally for the Republic (Gaullist) 2
Judicial branch:
Court of Appeal, Court of the First Instance, Court of Administrative
Law
Political parties and leaders:
People's Rally for the Republic (Tahoeraa Huiraatira), Gaston FLOSSE;
Polynesian Union Party includes Te Tiarama, Alexandre LEONTIEFF, and
Pupu Here Ai'a Te Nuneao Ia Ora, Jean JUVENTIN; New Fatherland Party
(Ai'a Api), Emile VERNAUDON; Polynesian Liberation Front (Tavini
Huiraatira), Oscar TEMARU; Independent Party (Ia Mana Te Nunaa), James
SALMON; other small parties
Member of:
ESCAP (associate), FZ, ICFTU, SPC, WMO
Diplomatic representation in US:
none (overseas territory of France)
US diplomatic representation:
none (overseas territory of France)
Flag:
the flag of France is used
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.
National product:
GDP - exchange rate conversion - $1.5 billion (1993 est.)
National product real growth rate:
NA%
National product per capita:
$7,000 (1993 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
-0.6% (1991)
Unemployment rate:
10% (1990 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$614 million
expenditures:
$957 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1988)
Exports:
$88.9 million (f.o.b., 1989)
commodities:
coconut products 79%, mother-of-pearl 14%, vanilla, shark meat
partners:
France 54%, US 17%, Japan 17%
Imports:
$765 million (c.i.f., 1989)
commodities:
fuels, foodstuffs, equipment
partners:
France 53%, US 11%, Australia 6%, NZ 5%
External debt:
$NA
Industrial production:
growth rate NA%
Electricity:
capacity:
75,000 kW
production:
275 million kWh
consumption per capita:
1,330 kWh (1992)
Industries:
tourism, pearls, agricultural processing, handicrafts
Agriculture:
coconut and vanilla plantations; vegetables and fruit; poultry, beef,
dairy products
Economic aid:
recipient:
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-88), $3.95 billion
Currency:
1 CFP franc (CFPF) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates:
Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (CFPF) per US$1 - 107.63
(January 1994), 102.96 (1993), 96.24 (1992), 102.57 (1991), 99.00
(1990), 115.99 (1989); note - linked at the rate of 18.18 to the
French franc
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications
Highways:
total:
600 km (1982)
paved:
NA
unpaved:
NA
Ports:
Papeete, Bora-bora
Merchant marine:
3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,127 GRT/6,710 DWT,
passenger-cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 1
note:
a captive subset of the French register
Airports:
total:
43
usable:
41
with permanent-surface runways:
23
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
2
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
12
Telecommunications:
33,200 telephones; 84,000 radio receivers; 26,400 TV sets; broadcast
stations - 5 AM, 2 FM, 6 TV; 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth station
Defense Forces
Branches:
French forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force), Gendarmerie
Note:
defense is responsibility of France