French Polynesie

French Polynesie Polynésie française  (French) Pōrīnetia Farāni  (Tahitian)
Banner o French Polynesie Coat o airms
Motto:  "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité" (French) "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem: La Marseillaise (French)
Caipital	Papeetē 17°34′S 149°36′W
Lairgest ceety	Fa'a'a
Offeecial leids	French
Ethnic groups (1988)	66.5% unmixt Polynesians 7.1% mixta Polynesians 11.9% Europeansb 9.3% Demisc 4.7% East Asiansd
Demonym(s)	French Polynesie
Govrenment	Dependent territory
• Preses o Fraunce	François Hollande
• Preses o French Polynesie	Gaston Flosse
• Heich Commissioner	Lionel Beffre
Owerseas collectivity o Fraunce
• Protectorate	1842
• Owerseas territory	1946
• Owerseas collectivity	2003
Aurie
• Total	4,167 km2 (1,609 sq mi) (173rd)
• Water (%)	12
• Land aurie	3,521.2 km2 1,359.5 sq mi
Population
• Aug 2012 census	268,270 (177t)
• Density	76/km2 (196.8/sq mi) (130t)
GDP (nominal)	2008 estimate
• Tot	US$7.14 billion (not ranked)
• Per capita	US$27,352 (not ranked)
Currency	CFP franc (XPF)
Time zone	UTC-10, −9:30, -9
Drivin side	richt
Cawin code	689
ISO 3166 code	PF
Internet TLD	.pf
Licht European an/or East Asie. Maistly French. Mixt European an Polynesie strynd. Maistly Cheenese.

French Polynesie (ⁱ/ˈfrɛntʃ pɒlᵻˈniːʒə/; French: Polynésie française, pronounced [pɔlinezi fʁɑ̃sɛz]; Tahitian: Pōrīnetia Farāni) is a owerseas kintra (pays d'outre-mer) o the French Republic. It is made up o wheen groups o Polynesie islands, the maist faur-kent island bein Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is an aa the maist populous island an the seat o the caipital o the territory (Papeetē). Altho nae a integral pairt o its territory, Clipperton Island wis admeenistered frae French Polynesie til 2007.