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French Polynesia
| Location |
S Pacific Ocean., NE of New Zealand |
| Latitude and longitude |
15 00 S, 140 00 W |
| Sovereignty |
France |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Territory of French Polynesia";
includes the Austral Islands,
Gambier
Islands, Marquesa Islands,
Society
Islands, and Tuamotu Islands |
| Population |
250,500 |
| Census notes |
est. June 2004 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
3,265 |
| Capital |
Papeete, Tahiti |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Loi organique n° 2004-192 du 27 février 2004 portant statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française
(French) |
| Loi n° 2004-193 du 27 février 2004 complétant le statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française
(French) |
| International Court of Justice, Nuclear
Tests Case (Australia v. France), 1973-1974 |
|
International Court of Justice, Nuclear
Tests Case (New Zealand v. France), 1973-1974 |
Other legal documents online
|
|
La Documentation Juridique
(French); seems to work best in Internet Explorer |
| Textes relatifs à la Polynésie
(French), from Adminet |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Assemblée de Polynésie Française
(French) |
| Bank of Hawaii, Economics Research Center, French
Polynesia Economic Report (1999) (PDF) |
| Bank of Hawaii, Economics Research Center, An
Update on French Polynesia (2000) (PDF) |
| Dependencies
and Areas of Special Sovereignty, Office of the Geographer and
Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of
State, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding
Tahiti, from David Stanley’s South Pacific Organizer |
| France's
Overseas Departments and Territories, from the French Embassy in
Australia |
| French
Polynesia, from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and
Trade |
| French
Polynesia, from the French Embassy in Australia |
| French
Polynesia, from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Trade |
| French
Polynesia, from Radio Australia’s Charting the Pacific |
| French
Polynesia, from Radio Australia’s Time to Talk |
| Islands
and Atolls of French Polynesia |
| La
Polynésie, from the French Ministry of Overseas Departments and
Territories (French) |
| Maohi,
from the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation |
| Présidence
du Gouvernement de la Polynésie française (French) |
| Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Pacific
Island Populations 2004 (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet 78K) |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| Political
and Administrative Organisation: History and Current Situation |
| L'organisation judiciaire en Polynésie française
(French), by Patrick Michaux, from the Revue juridique polynésienne N°7 (2001)
(DOC) (scroll down to article) |
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