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
Government: Overseas Lands of French Polynesia
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
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