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French Polynesia (dependent state)
Coordinates:
Lat: 15 00 00 S degrees minutes Lat: -15.0000 decimal degrees
Long: 140 00 00 W degrees minutes Long: -140.0000 decimal degrees
Note: Consists of five scattered island groups, mostly volcanic, mountainous and ringed by coral reefs; settled by Polynesians; explored by Bougainville 1766; colonized by French missionaries late 18th century; all islands under French control by late 19th century; official language is French, though local languages are widely spoken.
Names:
Polynésie française (preferred C ,V )Territoire de la Polynésia Française (C ,V )French Polynesia (C ,O ,English-P ,U ,N )French Polynesia Somali )French Polynesia Malay (macrolanguage) )French Polynesia Shona )Territory of French Polynesia (C ,O )Französisch-Polynesien (C ,O ,German )Polinesia Francesa (C ,O ,Spanish )Polinesia Francesa Galician )Polinésia Francesa (C ,O ,Portuguese )Frans Polynesië (C ,O )PYF (C ,O ,ISO3L )PF (C ,O ,ISO2L )ISO258 (C ,O ,ISO3N )FP (C ,O ,FIPS )An Pholainéis Fhrancach (C ,U ,O ,Irish Gaelic )Établissements Français de l’ Océanie (C ,U )Faransi ka polinezi (C ,U ,Bambara )Folinesiya Ta Faransa (C ,U ,Hausa )Franca Polinezio (C ,U ,Esperanto )Francia Polinézia (C ,U ,Magyar (Hungarian) )Francoska Polinezija (C ,U ,Slovene )Francouzská Polynésie (C ,U ,Czech )Franču Polinēzija (C ,U ,Latvian )Francuska Polinezija (C ,U ,Croatian )Francuska Polinezija Bosnian )Francúzska Polynézia (C ,U ,Slovak )Frankriikka Polynesia (C ,U ,Northern Sami )Fransız Polineziya (C ,U ,Azerbaijani )Fransız Polinezyası (C ,U ,Turkish )Franska Pólýnesía (C ,U ,Icelandic )Franska Polynesia (C ,U ,Faroese )Franska Polynesien (C ,U ,Swedish )Fransk Polynesia (C ,U ,Norwegian (Nynorsk) )Fransk Polynesia Norwegian (Bokmål) )Fransk Polynesia Norwegian )Fransk Polynesien (C ,U ,Danish )Frans-Polinesië (C ,U ,Afrikaans )Frans-Polynesië (C ,U ,Dutch )Franzöösch-Polynesien (C ,U ,Low German )French Establishments in Oceania (C ,U )French Oceania (C ,U )French Settlements in Oceania (C ,U )Frentsi Pɔlinesia nutome (C ,U ,Ewe )Frɛnkye Pɔlenehyia (C ,U ,Akan )i-French Polynesia (C ,U ,Zulu )Orílẹ́ède Firenṣi Polinesia (C ,U ,Yoruba )Pholinesiya ye Fulansi (C ,U ,North Ndebele )Polinèsia Francesa (C ,U ,Catalan )Polinesia francese (C ,U ,Italian )Polinesia Frantsesa (C ,U ,Basque )Polinesia Franzosa (C ,U ,Romansh )Polinesia Prancis (C ,U ,Indonesian )Polinesia ya Ufaransa (C ,U ,Kikuyu )Polinesia ya Ufaransa Swahili (generic) )Polinesii Farayse (C ,U ,Fulah )Polinesiya enfalansa (C ,U ,Ganda (Ugandan language) )Polinesja Franċiża (C ,U ,Maltese )Polinezia cʼhall (C ,U ,Breton )Polinezia Franceză (C ,U ,Romanian )Polinezïi tî farânzi (C ,U ,Sangho )Polinezi wa Nfalanse (C ,U ,Luba-Katanga )Polinezi ya Falánsɛ (C ,U ,Lingala )Polineziya y'Abafaransa (C ,U ,Rundi )Polinezja Francuska (C ,U ,Polish )Polinisia fakafalanisē (C ,U ,Tonga (Tonga Islands) )Polynesia Ffrainc (C ,U ,Welsh )Polynesia francese (C ,U ,Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) )Polynesia thuộc Pháp (C ,U ,Vietnamese )Polynésie Française (C ,U ,French )Polynésie thuộc Pháp (C ,U ,Vietnamese )Polynezia frantsay (C ,U ,Malagasy )Prancūzijos Polinezija (C ,U ,Lithuanian )Prancūzų Polinezija (C ,U ,Lithuanian )Prantsuse Polüneesia (C ,U ,Estonian )Ranskan Polynesia (C ,U ,Finnish )Territoire de la Polynésie Française (C ,U ,French )フランス領ポリネシア (C ,U ,Japanese )เฟรนช์โปลินีเซีย (C ,U ,Thai )Γαλλική Πολυνησία (C ,U ,Greek )法屬玻里尼西亞 (C ,U ,Chinese )بولينسيا الفرنسية (C ,U ,Arabic )Французская Полинезия (C ,U ,Russian )የፈረንሳይ ፖሊኔዢያ (C ,U ,Tigrinya )የፈረንሳይ ፖሊኔዢያ Amharic )ပြင်သစ် ပေါ်လီနေးရှား (C ,U ,Burmese )Французька Полінезія (C ,U ,Ukrainian )ఫ్రెంచ్ పోలినిషియా (C ,U ,Telugu )فرانسیسی پولینیشیا (C ,U ,Urdu )ஃப்ரென்ச் பாலினேஷியா (C ,U ,Tamil )프랑스령 폴리네시아 (C ,U ,Korean )Француска Полинезија (C ,U ,Serbian )Француска Полинезија Macedonian )ଫ୍ରେଞ୍ଚ ପଲିନେସିଆ (C ,U ,Odia )ფრანგული პოლინეზია (C ,U ,Georgian )Френска Полинезия (C ,U ,Bulgarian )仏領ポリネシア (C ,U ,Japanese )ফরাসী পলিনেশিয়া (C ,U ,Bengali )ഫ്രഞ്ച് പോളിനേഷ്യ (C ,U ,Malayalam )Франузская Палінэзія (C ,U ,Belarusian )फ्रेंच पॉलिनेशिया (C ,U ,Marathi )ફ્રેંચ પોલિનેશિયા (C ,U ,Gujarati )ප්රංශ පොලිනීසියාව (C ,U ,Sinhala )پلینزی فرانسه (C ,U ,Persian-Farsi )ເຟັນຣໂພລິນີເຊຍ (C ,U ,Lao )بولينيزيا الفرنسية (C ,U ,Arabic )ಫ್ರೆಂಚ್ ಪೋಲಿನೇಶಿಯಾ (C ,U ,Kannada )פולינזיה הצרפתית (C ,U ,Hebrew )法属波利尼西亚 (C ,U ,Chinese )फ़्रांसीसी पॉलिनेशिया (C ,U ,Hindi )फ्रान्सेली पोलिनेसिया (C ,U ,Nepali )Établissements français de l'Océanie (H ,V ) ............ 1842-1946
Hierarchical Position:
Additional Parents:
Place Types:
dependent state (preferred C ) ............ controlled by France since 19th cen.
primary political unit (C )
overseas territory (C ) ............ French, since 1958
dependent political entity (C )
Related geographic places:
capital is .... Cayenne .................. (World, South America, French Guiana) [7005770]
Sources and Contributors:
Établissements Français de l’ Océanie.......... [VP ] .............................................................. GeoNames online [n.d.] 4030656
French Establishments in Oceania.......... [VP ] ..................................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 4030656
French Settlements in Oceania.......... [VP ] .................................................. GeoNames online [n.d.] 4030656
Orílẹ́ède Firenṣi Polinesia.......... [VP ] ............................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 4030656
Territoire de la Polynésie Française.......... [VP ] ........................................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 4030656
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