Editing French Polynesia (section)

{{Short description|Overseas collectivity of France}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}

{{Infobox dependency
| name                          = French Polynesia
| native_name                   = {{nobold|{{native name|fr|Polynésie française}}}}<br />{{resize|80%|{{nobold|{{native name|ty|Pōrīnetia farāni}}}}}}
| settlement_type               = [[#Governance|Overseas country]] and [[overseas collectivity|collectivity]] of [[France]]
| image_flag                    = Flag of French Polynesia.svg
| flag_size                     = 125
| flag_link                     = 
| image_seal                    = Coat of arms of French Polynesia.svg
| seal_size                     = 90
| seal_type                     = Coat of arms
| seal_link                     = 
| motto                         = {{native phrase|fr|"[[Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité]]"|italics=off}}<br />({{langx|en|"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"}})<div style="padding-top: 0.2em; line-height: 1.2em">Territorial motto: {{native phrase|ty|"Tahiti Nui Māre'are'a"|italics=off}}<br />({{langx|en|"Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze"}})</div>
| anthem                        = {{lang|fr|[[La Marseillaise]]}}<br/>{{small|("The Marseillaise")}}<br/>{{center|[[File:La Marseillaise.ogg]]}}
| song_type                     = '''Regional anthem'''
| song                          = "[[Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui]]" {{center| }}
| image_map                     = French Polynesia on the globe (French Polynesia centered).svg
| map_alt                       = Location of French Polynesia
| map_caption                   = Location of French Polynesia (circled in red)
| mapsize                       = 290px
| subdivision_type              = [[List of sovereign states|Sovereign state]]
| subdivision_name              = {{flag|France}}
| established_title             = Protectorate proclaimed
| established_date              = 9 September 1842
| established_title2            = Territorial status
| established_date2             = 27 October 1946
| established_title3            = Collectivity status
| established_date3             = 28 March 2003
| established_title4            = Country status
(nominal title)
| established_date4             = 27 February 2004
| official_languages            = [[French language|French]] [[Tahitian language|Tahitian]]
| regional_languages            = {{hlist|[[Austral language|Austral]]|Raivavae|[[Rapa language|Rapa]]|[[Mangareva language|Mangareva]]|[[Tuamotuan language|Tuamotuan]]|[[Marquesan language|Marquesan]]}}
| capital                       = [[Papeete]]
| coordinates                   = {{Coord|17|34|S|149|36|W|type:city}}
| largest_city                  = [[Faʻaʻā]]
| demonym                       = French Polynesian
| ethnic_groups                 = 66.5% unmixed [[Polynesians]]<br />7.1% mixed Polynesians{{efn|Polynesians with light European or East Asian mixing.}}<br />9.3% Demis{{efn|Mixed European and Polynesian descent.}}<br />11.9% [[ethnic groups in Europe|Europeans]]{{efn|Mostly [[French people|French]].}}<br />4.7% [[East Asian people|East Asians]]{{efn|Mostly [[Chinese people|Chinese]].}}
| ethnic_groups_year            = 1988<ref name="ethnicities">Most recent ethnic census, in 1988. {{cite web |url=http://documents.irevues.inist.fr/bitstream/2042/14394/1/HERMES_2002_32-33_367.pdf |title=Frontières ethniques et redéfinition du cadre politique à Tahiti |access-date=31 May 2011 |archive-date=26 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326032004/http://documents.irevues.inist.fr/bitstream/2042/14394/1/HERMES_2002_32-33_367.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| government_type               = [[Devolution|Devolved]] parliamentary [[dependent territory|dependency]]
| leader_title1                 = [[President of France|President of the French Republic]]
| leader_name1                  = [[Emmanuel Macron]]
| leader_title2                 = [[List of colonial and departmental heads of French Polynesia|High Commissioner of the Republic]]
| leader_name2                  = Éric Spitz
| leader_title3                 = [[President of French Polynesia]]
| leader_name3                  = [[Moetai Brotherson]]
| leader_title4                 = [[Vice-President of French Polynesia]]
| leader_name4                  = [[Chantal Galenon]]
| legislature                   = [[Assembly of French Polynesia]]
| national_representation       = [[French Parliament]]
| national_representation_type1 = [[Senate (France)|Senate]]
| national_representation1      = [[List of senators of French Polynesia|2 senators]] (of 348)
| national_representation_type2 = [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]]
| national_representation2      = [[List of constituencies of the National Assembly of France#French Polynesia (987) – 3 seats|3 seats]] (of 577)
| area_km2                      = 4,167
| area_rank                     = 
| area_land_km2                 = 3,521.2<ref name=land_area>{{cite web|url=http://www.ispf.pf/docs/default-source/rp1996/r1.xls|title=R1- Population sans doubles comptes, des subdivisions, communes et communes associées de Polynésie française, de 1971 à 1996|publisher=Institut Statistique de Polynésie Française (ISPF)|access-date=2022-03-04|archive-date=31 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331154130/https://www.ispf.pf/docs/default-source/rp1996/r1.xls|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| percent_water                 = 12
| elevation_max_m               = 
| elevation_max_ft              = 
| population_census             = 278,786<ref name=pop>{{cite web|url=https://www.ispf.pf/content//uploads/RP_2022_Conference_de_presse_sur_la_presentation_des_nouveaux_chiffres_de_population_legale_22_novembre_2022_65eba56a35.pdf|title=Recensement de la population 2022 – La population légale en Polynésie française au 18 août 2022|publisher=ISPF|access-date=2022-12-12|archive-date=25 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125080626/https://www.ispf.pf/content//uploads/RP_2022_Conference_de_presse_sur_la_presentation_des_nouveaux_chiffres_de_population_legale_22_novembre_2022_65eba56a35.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| population_census_rank        = 175th
| population_census_year        = Aug. 2022
| population_density_km2        = 79
| population_density_sq_mi      = 205 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]-->
| population_density_rank       = 130th
| GDP_PPP                       = 
| GDP_PPP_rank                  = 
| GDP_PPP_year                  = 
| GDP_PPP_per_capita            = 
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank       = 
| GDP_nominal                   = USD 6.02 billion<ref name="GDP">{{cite web |url=https://www.ispf.pf/themes/pib |title=Les comptes économiques rapides de la Polynésie française |publisher=Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française (ISPF) |access-date=2025-02-22 }}</ref>
| GDP_nominal_rank              = 
| GDP_nominal_year              = 2019
| GDP_nominal_per_capita        = USD 21,673<ref name="GDP" />
| GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank   = 
| HDI_year                      = 
| HDI_change                    = <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
| HDI                           = <!--number only-->
| currency                      = [[CFP franc]] (₣)
| currency_code                 = XPF
| timezone                      = 
| utc_offset_list               = {{hlist|[[UTC−10:00]]|[[UTC−09:30]] ([[Marquesas Islands]])|[[UTC−09:00]] ([[Gambier Islands]])}}
| date_format                   = dd/mm/yyyy
| electricity                   = {{hlist|110 V–60 Hz|220 V–60 Hz}}
| drives_on                     = right
| calling_code                  = [[Telephone numbers in French Polynesia|+689]]
| postal_code_type              = [[INSEE code]]
| postal_code                   = 987
| iso_code                      = {{hlist|[[ISO 3166-2:PF|PF]]|[[ISO 3166-2:FR|FR-PF]]|[[ISO 3166-1 alpha-3|PYF]]}}
| cctld                         = [[.pf]]
}}

'''French Polynesia''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=en-us-French Polynesia.ogg|ˌ|p|ɒ|l|ᵻ|ˈ|n|iː|ʒ|ə}} {{respell|POL|ih|NEE|zhə}}; {{langx|fr|Polynésie française}} {{IPA|fr|pɔlinezi fʁɑ̃sɛːz||LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Polynésie française.wav}}; {{langx|ty|Pōrīnetia farāni}}) is an [[overseas collectivity]] of [[France]] and its sole [[#Governance|overseas country]]. It comprises 121 geographically dispersed islands and [[atoll]]s<ref name=islands>{{cite web|title=French Polynesia at a glance 2020|url=https://www.ispf.pf/docs/default-source/publi-pr/polybref-2020.pdf?sfvrsn=6|page=91|publisher=Institut de la statistique de la polynésie française (ISPF)|access-date=2022-03-04|archive-date=29 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229013324/https://www.ispf.pf/docs/default-source/publi-pr/polybref-2020.pdf?sfvrsn=6|url-status=dead}}</ref> stretching over more than {{convert|2000|km|mi}} in the [[Pacific Ocean|South Pacific Ocean]]. The total land area of French Polynesia is {{convert|3521|km2|sqmi}},<ref name=land_area /> with a population of 278,786 (Aug. 2022 census)<ref name=pop /> of which at least 205,000 live in the [[Society Islands]] and the remaining population lives in the rest of the archipelago.

French Polynesia is divided into five island groups: the [[Austral Islands]]; the [[Gambier Islands]]; the [[Marquesas Islands]]; the [[Society Islands]] (comprising the [[Leeward Islands (Society Islands)|Leeward]] and [[Windward Islands (Society Islands)|Windward Islands]]); and the [[Tuamotus]]. Among its 121 islands and atolls, 75 were inhabited at the 2017 census.<ref name="islands" /> [[Tahiti]], which is in the Society Islands group, is the most populous island, being home to nearly 69% of the population of French Polynesia {{As of|2017|lc=y}}. [[Papeete]], located on Tahiti, is the capital of French Polynesia. Although not an integral part of its territory, [[Clipperton Island]] was administered from French Polynesia until 2007.

Hundreds of years after the [[Polynesia#History of the Polynesian people|Great Polynesian Migration]], European explorers began traveling through the region, visiting the islands of French Polynesia on several occasions. Traders and whaling ships also visited. In 1842, the French took over the islands and established a French [[protectorate]] that they called ''{{lang|fr|Établissements français d'Océanie}}'' (EFO) (French Establishments/Settlements of Oceania).

In 1946, the EFO became an [[Overseas territory (France)|overseas territory]] under the constitution of the [[French Fourth Republic]], and [[Polynesians]] were granted the right to vote through citizenship. In 1957, the territory was renamed French Polynesia. In 1983, it became a member of the [[Pacific Community]], a regional development organization. Since 28 March 2003, French Polynesia has been an overseas collectivity of the French Republic under the constitutional revision of article 74, and later gained, with law 2004-192 of 27 February 2004, an administrative autonomy, two symbolic manifestations of which are the title of the [[President of French Polynesia]] and its additional designation as an [[Overseas country of France|overseas country]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectivites-locales.gouv.fr/statuts-nouvelle-caledonie-et-polynesie#statut_pol_fcse|title=Les statuts de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de la Polynésie|access-date=17 December 2015|archive-date=8 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508152258/https://www.collectivites-locales.gouv.fr/statuts-nouvelle-caledonie-et-polynesie#statut_pol_fcse|url-status=dead}}</ref>