French Polynesia
Overseas French territoryFrench Polynesia is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole overseas country. It comprises 121 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) in the South Pacific Ocean. The total land area of French Polynesia is 3,521 square kilometres (1,359 sq mi), with a population of 278,786 of which at least 205,000 live in the Society Islands and the remaining population lives in the rest of the archipelago.
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Timeline
AI Generated- 1500 BCThe Great Polynesian Migration commenced as Austronesian peoples began their journey across the South Pacific Ocean.
- 1521Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan sighted Puka-Puka in the Tuāmotu-Gambier Archipelago.
- 1606Pedro Fernandes de Queirós sighted an inhabited island on 10 February, probably Rekareka.
Nearby Places
Papeete
Capital city of French Polynesia
Papeete Tahiti Temple
An LDS Temple Papeete, Tahiti
Notre Dame Cathedral, Papeete
Church in French Polynesia, France
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete
Catholic archdiocese in French Polynesia
Papeete Market
Bombardment of Papeete
First World War battle in French Polynesia
Stade Hamuta
Malardé Institute