Key facts
Capital:Papeete (located on Tahiti)
Location:Oceania, five archipelagoes (Archipel des Tuamotu, Iles Gambier, Iles Marquises, Iles Tubuai, Society Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean about halfway between South America and Australia
Currency:Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF)
Area:4,167 sq km (118 islands and atolls; 67 are inhabited)
Population:297,154 (July 2021 est.)
Languages:French (official) 70%, Polynesian (official) 28.2%, other 1.8% (2012 est.)
Religion:Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 10%, no religion 6%
TimeZone:UTC-10
Tel Code:+689
