Aminet 6/Aminet 6 - June 1995.iso/Aminet/docs/misc/wfbook93_texi.lha/texi/83.data

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Affiliation:
  (overseas territory of France)



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@node Geography (French Polynesia)
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Location:
  Oceania, halfway between Australia and South America
Map references:
  Oceania
Area:
 total area:
  3,941 km2
 land area:
  3,660 km2
 comparative area:
  slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut
Land boundaries:
  0 km
Coastline:
  2,525 km
Maritime claims:
 exclusive economic zone:
  200 nm
 territorial sea:
  12 nm
International disputes:
  none
Climate:
  tropical, but moderate
Terrain:
  mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs
Natural resources:
  timber, fish, cobalt
Land use:
 arable land:
  1%
 permanent crops:
  19%
 meadows and pastures:
  5%
 forest and woodland:   31%
 other:
  44%
Irrigated land:
  NA km2
Environment:
  occasional cyclonic storm in January; includes five archipelagoes
Note:
  Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands
  in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and
  Nauru



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@node People (French Polynesia)
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Population:
  210,333 (July 1993 est.)
Population growth rate:
  2.26% (1993 est.)
Birth rate:
  27.89 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Death rate:
  5.27 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Net migration rate:
  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
  15 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
 total population:
  70.33 years
 male:
  67.95 years
 female:
  72.84 years (1993 est.)
Total fertility rate:
  3.32 children born/woman (1993 est.)
Nationality:
 noun:
  French Polynesian(s)
 adjective:
  French Polynesian
Ethnic divisions:
  Polynesian 78%, Chinese 12%, local French 6%, metropolitan French 4%
Religions:
  Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 16%
Languages:
  French (official), Tahitian (official)
Literacy:
  age 14 and over but definition of literacy not available (1977)
 total population:
  98%
 male:
  98%
 female:
  98%
Labor force:
  76,630 employed (1988)



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@node Government (French Polynesia)
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Names:
 conventional long form:
  Territory of French Polynesia
 conventional short form:
  French Polynesia
 local long form:
  Territoire de la Polynesie Francaise
 local short form:
  Polynesie Francaise
Digraph:
  FP
Type:
  overseas territory of France since 1946
Capital:
  Papeete
Administrative divisions:
  none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative
  divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 5 archipelagic
  divisions named Archipel des Marquises, Archipel des Tuamotu, Archipel des
  Tubuai, Iles du Vent, and Iles Sous-le-Vent
 note:
  Clipperton Island is administered by France from French Polynesia
Independence:
  none (overseas territory of France)
Constitution:
  28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
Legal system:
  based on French system
National holiday:
  National Day, Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789)
Political parties and leaders:
  People's Rally (Tahoeraa Huiraatira; Gaullist), Gaston FLOSSE; Polynesian
  Union Party (Te Tiarama; centrist), Alexandre LEONTIEFF; New Fatherland
  Party (Ai'a Api), Emile VERNAUDON; Polynesian Liberation Front (Tavini
  Huiraatira), Oscar TEMARU; other small parties
Suffrage:
  18 years of age; universal
Elections:
 French National Assembly:
  last held 5 and 12 June 1988 (next to be held 21 and 28 March 1993); results
  - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (2 total) People's Rally (Gaullist)
  1, New Fatherland Party 1
 French Senate:
  last held 24 September 1989 (next to be held September 1998); results -
  percent of vote by party NA; seats - (1 total) party NA
 Territorial Assembly:
  last held 17 March 1991 (next to be held March 1996); results - percent of
  vote by party NA; seats - (41 total) People's Rally (Gaullist) 18,
  Polynesian Union Party 14, New Fatherland Party 5, other 4
Executive branch:
  French president, high commissioner of the republic, president of the
  Council of Ministers, vice president of the Council of Ministers, Council of
  Ministers
Legislative branch:
  unicameral Territorial Assembly
Judicial branch:
  Court of Appeal, Court of the First Instance, Court of Administrative Law



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@node Government (French Polynesia 2. usage)
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Leaders:
 Chief of State:
  President Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May 1981); High Commissioner of the
  Republic Michel JAU (since NA 1992)
 Head of Government:
  President of the Council of Ministers Gaston FLOSSE (since 10 May 1991);
  Vice President of the Council of Ministers Joel BUILLARD (since 12 September
  1991)
Member of:
  ESCAP (associate), FZ, ICFTU, SPC, WMO
Diplomatic representation in US:
  as an overseas territory of France, French Polynesian interests are
  represented in the US by France
US diplomatic representation:
  none (overseas territory of France)
Flag:
  the flag of France is used



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@node Economy (French Polynesia)
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Overview:
  Since 1962, when France stationed military personnel in the region, French
  Polynesia has changed from a subsistence economy to one in which a high
  proportion of the work force is either employed by the military or supports
  the tourist industry. Tourism accounts for about 20% of GDP and is a primary
  source of hard currency earnings.
National product:
  GDP - exchange rate conversion - $1.2 billion (1991 est.)
National product real growth rate:
  NA%
National product per capita:
  $6,000 (1991 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
  2.9% (1989)
Unemployment rate:
  14.9% (1988 est.)
Budget:
  revenues $614 million; expenditures $957 million, including capital
  expenditures of $NA (1988)
Exports:
  $88.9 million (f.o.b., 1989)
 commodities:
  coconut products 79%, mother-of-pearl 14%, vanilla, shark meat
 partners:
  France 54%, US 17%, Japan 17%
Imports:
  $765 million (c.i.f., 1989)
 commodities:
  fuels, foodstuffs, equipment
 partners:
  France 53%, US 11%, Australia 6%, NZ 5%
External debt:
  $NA
Industrial production:
  growth rate NA%
Electricity:
  75,000 kW capacity; 275 million kWh produced, 1,330 kWh per capita (1992)
Industries:
  tourism, pearls, agricultural processing, handicrafts
Agriculture:
  coconut and vanilla plantations; vegetables and fruit; poultry, beef, dairy
  products
Economic aid:
  Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88),
  $3.95 billion
Currency:
  1 CFP franc (CFPF) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates:
  Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (CFPF) per US$1 - 99.65 (January
  1993), 96.24 (1992), 102.57 (1991), 99.00 (1990), 115.99 (1989), 108.30
  (1988); note - linked at the rate of 18.18 to the French franc
Fiscal year:
  calendar year



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@node Communications (French Polynesia)
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Highways:
  600 km (1982)
Ports:
  Papeete, Bora-bora
Merchant marine:
  3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,127 GRT/6,710 DWT; includes 2
  passenger-cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo; note - a captive subset of the French
  register
Airports:
 total:
  43
 usable:
  41
 with permanent-surface runways:
  23
 with runways over 3,659 m:
  0
 with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
  2  with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
  12
Telecommunications:
  33,200 telephones; 84,000 radio receivers; 26,400 TV sets; broadcast
  stations - 5 AM, 2 FM, 6 TV; 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth station



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@node Defense Forces (French Polynesia)
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Branches:
  French forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force), Gendarmerie
Note:
  defense is responsibility of France



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