CIA World Fact Book, 2004/French Polynesia


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!| Background:
 * The French annexed various Polynesian island groups during the 19th century. In September 1995, France stirred up widespread protests by resuming nuclear testing on the Mururoa atoll after a three-year moratorium. The tests were suspended in January 1996.
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!| Location: !| Geographic coordinates: !| Map references: !| Area: water: 507 sq km land: 3,660 sq km !| Area - comparative: !| Land boundaries: !| Coastline: !| Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm !| Climate: !| Terrain: !| Elevation extremes: highest point: Mont Orohena 2,241 m !| Natural resources: !| Land use: permanent crops: 5.46% other: 93.72% (2001) !| Irrigated land: !| Natural hazards: !| Environment - current issues: !| Geography - note:
 * Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from South America to Australia
 * 15 00 S, 140 00 W
 * Oceania
 * total: 4,167 sq km (118 islands and atolls)
 * slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut
 * 0 km
 * 2,525 km
 * territorial sea: 12 nm
 * tropical, but moderate
 * mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs
 * lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 * timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower
 * arable land: 0.82%
 * NA sq km
 * occasional cyclonic storms in January
 * NA
 * includes five archipelagoes (4 volcanic, 1 coral); 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
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!| Population: !| Age structure: 15-64 years: 66.9% (male 92,594; female 85,455) 65 years and over: 5.7% (male 7,616; female 7,484) (2004 est.) !| Median age: male: 27.4 years female: 26.7 years (2004 est.) !| Population growth rate: !| Birth rate: !| Death rate: !| Net migration rate: !| Sex ratio: under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.08 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.02 male(s)/female total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2004 est.) !| Infant mortality rate: female: 7.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 9.92 deaths/1,000 live births !| Life expectancy at birth: male: 73.29 years female: 78.18 years (2004 est.) !| Total fertility rate: !| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: !| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: !| HIV/AIDS - deaths: !| Nationality: adjective: French Polynesian !| Ethnic groups: !| Religions: !| Languages: !| Literacy: total population: 98% male: 98% female: 98% (1977 est.)
 * 266,339 (July 2004 est.)
 * 0-14 years: 27.5% (male 37,372; female 35,818)
 * total: 27.1 years
 * 1.57% (2004 est.)
 * 17.34 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 4.58 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 2.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
 * total: 8.61 deaths/1,000 live births
 * total population: 75.67 years
 * 2.09 children born/woman (2004 est.)
 * NA
 * NA
 * NA
 * noun: French Polynesian(s)
 * Polynesian 78%, Chinese 12%, local French 6%, metropolitan French 4%
 * Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 10%, no religion 6%
 * French (official), Tahitian (official)
 * definition: age 14 and over can read and write
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!| Country name: conventional short form: French Polynesia local short form: Polynesie Francaise local long form: Territoire de la Polynesie Francaise former: French Colony of Oceania !| Dependency status: !| Government type: !| Capital: !| Administrative divisions: note: Clipperton Island is administered by France from French Polynesia !| Independence: !| National holiday: !| Constitution: !| Legal system: !| Suffrage: !| Executive branch: head of government: President of the Territorial Government of French Polynesia Gaston FLOSSE (since 9 October 2004); President of the Territorial Assembly Lucette TAERO (since 17 May 2001) cabinet: Council of Ministers; president submits a list of members of the Territorial Assembly for approval by them to serve as ministers elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; high commissioner appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; president of the Territorial Government and the president of the Territorial Assembly are elected by the members of the assembly !| Legislative branch: elections: last held 23 May 2004 (next to be held NA May 2009) note: one seat was elected to the French Senate on NA September 1998 (next to be held NA September 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; two seats were elected to the French National Assembly on 9 June-16 June 2002 (next to be held NA 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UMP/RPR 1, UMP 1 election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - People's Rally for the Republic (Gaullist) 28, Union for Democracy 27, New Star 1, This Country is Yours 1 !| Judicial branch: !| Political parties and leaders: !| Political pressure groups and leaders: !| International organization participation: !| Diplomatic representation in the US: !| Diplomatic representation from the US: !| Flag description:
 * conventional long form: Territory of French Polynesia
 * overseas territory of France since 1946
 * NA
 * Papeete
 * 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
 * none (overseas territory of France)
 * Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
 * 28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
 * based on French system
 * 18 years of age; universal
 * chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by High Commissioner of the Republic Michel MATHIEU (since 24 October 2001)
 * unicameral Territorial Assembly or Assemblee Territoriale (57 seats - changed from 49 seats for May 2004 election; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
 * Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Court of the First Instance or Tribunal de Premiere Instance; Court of Administrative Law or Tribunal Administratif
 * Independent Front for the Liberation of Polynesia (Tavini Huiraatira) [Oscar TEMARU]; New Fatherland Party (Ai'a Api) [Emile VERNAUDON]; People's Rally for the Republic of Polynesia or RPR (Tahoeraa Huiraatira) [Gaston FLOSSE]; The New Star (Te Fetia Api) [Philippe SHYLE]; This Country is Yours (No Oe E Te Nunaa) [Nicle BOUTEAU]; Union for Democracy or UPD [Oscar TEMARU]
 * NA
 * FZ, ICFTU, PIF (observer), UPU, WMO
 * none (overseas territory of France)
 * none (overseas territory of France)
 * two narrow red horizontal bands encase a wide white band; centered on the white band is a disk with blue and white wave pattern on the lower half and gold and white ray pattern on the upper half; a stylized red, blue and white ship rides on the wave pattern; the French flag is used for official occasions
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!| Economy - overview: !| GDP: !| GDP - real growth rate: !| GDP - per capita: !| GDP - composition by sector: industry: 18% services: 76% (1997) !| Population below poverty line: !| Household income or consumption by percentage share: highest 10%: NA !| Inflation rate (consumer prices): !| Labor force: !| Labor force - by occupation: !| Unemployment rate: !| Budget: expenditures: $900 million, including capital expenditures of $185 million (1996) !| Agriculture - products: !| Industries: !| Industrial production growth rate: !| Electricity - production: !| Electricity - consumption: !| Electricity - exports: !| Electricity - imports: !| Oil - production: !| Oil - consumption: !| Oil - exports: !| Oil - imports: !| Exports: !| Exports - commodities: !| Exports - partners: !| Imports: !| Imports - commodities: !| Imports - partners: !| Debt - external: !| Economic aid - recipient: !| Currency: !| Currency code: !| Exchange rates: note: pegged at the rate of 119.25 XPF to the euro !| Fiscal year:
 * Since 1962, when France stationed military personnel in the region, French Polynesia has changed from a subsistence agricultural economy to one in which a high proportion of the work force is either employed by the military or supports the tourist industry. With the halt of French nuclear testing in 1996, the military contribution to the economy fell sharply. Tourism accounts for about one-fourth of GDP and is a primary source of hard currency earnings. Other sources of income are pearl farming and deep-sea commercial fishing. The small manufacturing sector primarily processes agricultural products. The territory benefits substantially from development agreements with France aimed principally at creating new businesses and strengthening social services.
 * purchasing power parity - $4.58 billion (2003 est.)
 * 4% (2001 est.)
 * purchasing power parity - $17,500 (2001 est.)
 * agriculture: 6%
 * NA
 * lowest 10%: NA
 * 1.5% (2002 est.)
 * 70,000 (1996)
 * agriculture 13%, industry 19%, services 68% (1997)
 * 11.8% (1994)
 * revenues: $1 billion
 * coconuts, vanilla, vegetables, fruits; poultry, beef, dairy products, coffee
 * tourism, pearls, agricultural processing, handicrafts, phosphates
 * NA
 * 428.3 million kWh (2001)
 * 398.3 million kWh (2001)
 * 0 kWh (2001)
 * 0 kWh (2001)
 * 0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
 * 4,750 bbl/day (2001 est.)
 * NA (2001)
 * NA (2001)
 * $244 million f.o.b. (2002)
 * cultured pearls, coconut products, mother-of-pearl, vanilla, shark meat
 * France 66.3%, Japan 16.1%, US 9.1% (2003)
 * $1.341 billion f.o.b. (2002)
 * fuels, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment
 * France 59.9%, Australia 11.9%, New Zealand 6%, US 6% (2003)
 * NA (2000 est.)
 * $367 million (1997)
 * Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (XPF)
 * XPF
 * Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF) per US dollar - 105.73 (2003), 126.72 (2002), 133.26 (2001), 129.43 (2000), 111.93 (1999)
 * calendar year
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!| Telephones - main lines in use: !| Telephones - mobile cellular: !| Telephone system: domestic: NA international: country code - 689; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) !| Radio broadcast stations: !| Radios: !| Television broadcast stations: !| Televisions: !| Internet country code: !| Internet hosts: !| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): !| Internet users:
 * 52,500 (2002)
 * 90,000 (2002)
 * general assessment: NA
 * AM 2, FM 14, shortwave 2 (1998)
 * 128,000 (1997)
 * 7 (plus 17 low-power repeaters) (1997)
 * 40,000 (1997)
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 * 5,123 (2003)
 * 2 (2000)
 * 35,000 (2002)
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!| Highways: paved: 1,735 km unpaved: 855 km (1999) !| Ports and harbors: !| Merchant marine: by type: cargo 3, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 3, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 1 (2004 est.) !| Airports: !| Airports - with paved runways: over 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 under 914 m: 7 (2004 est.) 914 to 1,523 m: 23 !| Airports - with unpaved runways: 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 8 (2004 est.) !| Heliports:
 * total: 2,590 km
 * Mataura, Papeete, Rikitea, Uturoa
 * total: 10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 17,537 GRT/15,150 DWT
 * 49 (2003 est.)
 * total: 37
 * total: 13
 * 1 (2003 est.)
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!| Military branches: !| Military - note:
 * no regular military forces; Gendarmerie and National Police Force
 * defense is the responsibility of France
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