ocr: FRENCH POLYNESIA - e ) Status: French overseas possession Claimed: 1843 Capital: Papeete Population:199,031 Density: 124 per. sq. mile 140" A MYRIAD OF 130 South Pacific islands and coral atolls combine to form French Polynesia, in an area the size of Europe. The average annual temperature varies between 68°F and 84°F, with annual rainfall of over quise 58 inches. Nearly 75% of the population live on the 150" main island of Tahiti. The Polynesian majority have seen their simple, self-sutticient economy transformed: into one dependent on the Raiatea, - French military and tourism. Nuclear testi ...
