French Polynesia

Guide to FRENCH POLYNESIA

FRENCH POLYNESIA which official name is French Polynesia or French Polynesia, is a country from Oceania located at the Oceania, archipelagoes in the South Pacific Ocean about one-half of the way from South America to Australia. FRENCH POLYNESIA's capital is Papeete , but FRENCH POLYNESIA 's most populated city is faaa with about 29,389 inhabitants.

History of FRENCH POLYNESIA

Other symbols of FRENCH POLYNESIA are French Polynesian flag.French Polynesian flag is composed by two narrow red horizontal bands encase a wide white band; centered on the white band is a disk with a blue and white wave pattern on the lower half and a gold and white ray pattern on the upper half; a stylized red, blue, and white ship rides on the wave pattern; the French flag is used for official occasions .

FRENCH POLYNESIA's history is quite long: The French annexed various Polynesian island groups during the 19th century. In September 1995, France stirred up widespread protests by resuming nuclear testing on the Mururoa atoll after a three-year moratorium. The tests were suspended in January 1996. In recent years, French Polynesia's autonomy has been considerably expanded.

FRENCH POLYNESIAs geography

Guide to travel to FRENCH POLYNESIA

If you are thinking on traveling to FRENCH POLYNESIA, you will have to take in consideration some points like FRENCH POLYNESIA's currency, FRENCH POLYNESIA's weather, FRENCH POLYNESIA's national holiday and FRENCH POLYNESIA's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. FRENCH POLYNESIA`s currency is called franc ( CFPF ), which is divided in 100 centimes. For your consideration, franc's exchange rate is about Armenian Cathedral in Lviv per dolar.75.7480744837.

FRENCH POLYNESIA's weather is characterized to be tropical, but moderate. So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to FRENCH POLYNESIA.

You can also consider to visit FRENCH POLYNESIA on it's national holiday to get in FRENCH POLYNESIA's culture. If you do so, FRENCH POLYNESIA's national holiday is called Bastille Day, 14 July.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of FRENCH POLYNESIA: Mont Orohena 2,241 m. And try also to get to FRENCH POLYNESIA's lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 mBut if you prefer the city, you must visit FRENCH POLYNESIA's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to FRENCH POLYNESIA, with more than 51 airports and 0 airlines, you will get to FRENCH POLYNESIA without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. FRENCH POLYNESIA has about0 of railways, and also0 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

French Polynesian Culture

FRENCH POLYNESIA is known by French Polynesians as Pays d'outre-mer de la Polynesie Francaise or Polynesie Francaise in the shortened way. French Polynesian, about 278,963 people, are composed by different ethnics: Polynesian 78%, Chinese 12%, local French 6%, metropolitan French 4%. And they also have different languages: Tahitian, French.

Another relevant point nowadays it's FRENCH POLYNESIA's religion. French Polynesians are divided in Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 10%, no religion 6%.

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