French Polynesia is a collection of 118 volcanic and coral islands and atolls in the Pacific Ocean. 67 of the islands are inhabited. They are part of Polynesia.
The geographical coordinates for Tahiti, the largest of the islands, also known as lines of latitude and longitude, are:-
Latitude – 17 40S
Longitude – 149 25W.
French Polynesia consists of five island groups. The Society Islands, of which Tahiti is the most well known, the Tuamotu archipelago, the Gambier Islands,
the Marquesas Islands and the Tubuai Islands. Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and Britain discovered at least one of the islands.
In the 18th century Europeans arrived and brought diseases that wiped out much of the indigenous population. The missionaries also tried to stop many forms of
Polynesian culture which were then lost for many years. Papeete, which is on Tahiti, is the capital. For many years from the 1950s, France used some of the islands
to test muclear weapons.
The weather is tropical.
French Polynesida has a total area of 3,827 sq kms.
They have a total coastline of 2,525 kms and have no land borders.
They have a total population of 287,881.