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Area: total: 4,167 sq km [118 islands and atolls]
land: 3,660 sq km
water: 507 sq km

Climate: tropical, but moderate

Terrain: mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs

Natural resources: timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower

Population: 283,019 [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 24.8% [male 35,903/female 34,364]
15-64 years: 68.6% [male 100,700/female 93,492]
65 years and over: 6.6% [male 9,374/female 9,186] [2008 est.]

Nationality: noun: French Polynesian[s]
adjective: French Polynesian

Ethnic groups: Polynesian 78%, Chinese 12%, local French 6%, metropolitan French 4%

Languages: French 61.1% [official], Polynesian 31.4% [official], Asian languages 1.2%, other 0.3%, unspecified 6% [2002 census]

Capital: name: Papeete
geographic coordinates: 17 32 S, 149 34 W
time difference: UTC-10 [5 hours behind Washington, DC during Standard Time]

National holiday: Bastille Day, 14 July [1789]

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3.1%
industry: 19%
services: 77.8% [2005]

Labor force: 65,930 [December 2005]

Budget: revenues: $865 million
expenditures: $644.1 million [1999]

Agriculture - products: fish coconuts, vanilla, vegetables, fruits, coffee poultry, beef, dairy products

Industries: tourism, pearls, agricultural processing, handicrafts, phosphates

Exports: $211 million f.o.b. [2005 est.]

Exports - commodities: cultured pearls, coconut products, mother-of-pearl, vanilla, shark meat

Exports - partners: France 46.3%, Japan 20.8%, Niger 12.8%, US 12.5% [2006]

Imports: $1.706 billion f.o.b. [2005 est.]

Imports - commodities: fuels, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment

Imports - partners: France 52.7%, Singapore 14.9%, NZ 6.8%, US 6.6% [2006]

Currency (code): Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc [XPF]

Exchange rates: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs [XPF] per US dollar - 87.59 [2007], 94.97 [2006], 95.89 [2005], 96.04 [2004], 105.66 [2003]
note: pegged at the rate of 119.25 XPF to the euro

Airports: 54 [2007]

Merchant marine: total: 13 ships [1000 GRT or over] 23,684 GRT/17,291 DWT
by type: cargo 4, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 5, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 1
registered in other countries: 2 [Wallis and Futuna 2] [2007]

Ports and terminals: Papeete