French Polynesia Facts & Information

Location	Oceania, archipelagoes in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from South America to Australia
Climate	Tropical, but moderate
Terrain	Mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs
Population	270,485
Nationality	French Polynesian
Ethnic groups	Polynesian 78%, Chinese 12%, local French 6%, metropolitan French 4%
Religions	Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 10%, no religion 6%
Languages	French 61.1% (official), Polynesian 31.4% (official), Asian languages 1.2%, other 0.3%
Government Type	N/A
Capital	Papeete
Currency	Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (XPF)
Description of Flag	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.
French Polynesia Flag

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