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$Unique_ID{COW01385}
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$Title{French Polynesia
Statistical Profile of French Polynesia}
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$Author{Central Intelligence Agency}
$Affiliation{United States Government}
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$Date{1990}
$Log{Map of French Polynesia*0138501.scf
Flag of French Polynesia*0138502.scf
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Country: French Polynesia
Book: CIA World Factbook
Author: Central Intelligence Agency
Affiliation: United States Government
Date: 1990
[See Map of French Polynesia]
[See Flag of French Polynesia]
Statistical Profile of French Polynesia
Geography
Total area: 3,941 km2; land area: 3,660 km2
Comparative area: slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut
Land boundaries: none
Coastline: 2,525 km
Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 12 nm
Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation
Extended economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Climate: tropical, but moderate
Terrain: mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs
Natural resources: timber, fish, cobalt
Land use: 1% arable land; 19% permanent crops; 5% meadows and pastures;
31% forest and woodland; 44% other
Environment: occasional cyclonic storm in January; includes five
archipelagoes
Note: Makatea is one of three great phosphate rock islands in
the Pacific (others are Banaba or Ocean Island in Kiribati and Nauru)
People
Population: 196,246 (July 1989), growth rate 2.7% (1989)
Birth rate: 27 births/1,000 population (1989)
Death rate: 4 deaths/1,000 population (1989)
Net migration rate: 4 migrants/1,000 population (1989)
Infant mortality rate: 22 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)
Life expectancy at birth: 70 years male, 74 years female (1989)
Total fertility rate: 3.4 children born/woman (1989)
Nationality: noun--French Polynesian(s); adjective--French Polynesian
Ethnic divisions: 78% Polynesian, 12% Chinese, 6% local French,
4% metropolitan French
Religion: mainly Christian; 55% Protestant, 32% Roman Catholic
Language: French (official), Tahitian
Literacy: NA%
Labor force: 57,863 employed (1983)
Organized labor: NA
Government
Long-form name: Territory of French Polynesia
Type: overseas territory of France
Capital: Papeete
Administrative divisions: none (overseas territory of France)
Independence: none (overseas territory of France)
Constitution: 28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
Legal system: based on French system
National holiday: Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789)
Branches: 30-member Territorial Assembly, popularly elected; five-member
Council of Government, elected by Assembly; popular election of two deputies to
National Assembly and one senator to Senate in Paris
Leaders:
Chief of State--President Francois Maurice MITTERAND (since 21 May
1981);
Head of Government--High Commissioner of the Republic Jean MONTPEZAT
(since NA November 1987); President of the Territorial Government Alexandre
LEONTIEFF (since NA December 1987); Vice President of the Territorial
Government Georges KELLY (since NA December 1987)
Suffrage: universal adult
Elections: every five years
Political parties and leaders: Tahoeraa Huiraatira (Gaullist), Gaston
Flosse; Amuitahiraa Mo Porinesia (a coalition of parties), Emile Vernaudon
and Enrique Braun-Ortega; Pupu Here Ai'a, Jean Juventin; Front de Liberation,
Oscar Temaru
Voting strength: (16 March 1986 election) 41-seat Territorial
Assembly--Tahoeraa Huiraatira, 24 seats; Amuitahiraa Mo Porinesia, 6 seats;
Pupu Here Ai'a, 4 seats; Ia Mana, 3 seats; Front de Liberation, 2 seats;
other 2 seats
Diplomatic representation: as an overseas territory of France,
French Polynesian interests are represented in the US by 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.
GDP: $1.37 billion, per capita $6,400; real growth rate NA% (1985)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): - 0.7% (1986)
Unemployment rate: NA%
Budget: revenues $253; expenditures $209, including capital expenditures
of $NA (1984)
Exports: $42 million (f.o.b., 1986);
commodities--coconut products 79%, mother-of-pearl 14%, vanilla, shark
meat;
partners--France 44%, US 21%
Imports: $767 million (c.i.f., 1986);
commodities--fuels, foodstuffs, equipment;
partners--France 50%, US 16%, New Zealand 6%
External debt: $NA
Industrial production: growth rate NA%
Electricity: 72,000 kW capacity; 265 million kWh produced, 1,420 kWh
per capita (1988)
Industries: tourism, pearls, agricultural processing, handicrafts
Agriculture: coconut and vanilla plantations
Aid: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1979), $180 million
Currency: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (plural--francs);
1 CFP franc (CFPF) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (CFPF) per
US$1--111.55 (September 1987), 120.77 (September 1986), 148.55
(September 1985); linked at the rate of 18.18 to the French franc
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications
Highways: 600 km (1982)
Ports: Papeete, Bora-bora
Civil air: about 6 major transport aircraft
Airports: 43 total, 41 usable; 25 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with
runways 2,440-3,659 m; 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: 33,200 telephones; 84,000 radio receivers; 26,400 TV
sets; stations--5 AM, 2 FM, 6 TV; 1 satellite ground station
Defense Forces
Note: defense is responsibility of France