| FRENCH POLYNESIAN GEOGRAPHY STATS: |
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Area > Comparative
slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut |
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Forested Land
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28.7% |
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[90th of 193]
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Geography > Note
includes five archipelagoes (4 volcanic, 1 coral); 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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Irrigated land
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10 sq km
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[165th of 185]
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Land area > sq. km
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3,660 km²
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[167th of 206]
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Land use > Arable land
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0.75 %
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[202nd of 241]
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Land use > Other
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93.75 %
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[84th of 241]
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Land use > Permanent crops
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5.5 %
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[54th of 241]
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Location
Oceania, archipelagoes in the South Pacific Ocean about one-half of the way from South America to Australia |
Map references
Oceania |
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Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone
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200 nm
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[68th of 121]
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Maritime claims > Territorial sea
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12 nm
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[66th of 190]
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Natural hazards
occasional cyclonic storms in January |
Natural resources
timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower |
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Population density
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66.14 people per sqkm |
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[125th of 256]
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Population density > people per sq. km
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70.11 people/m²
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[111st of 204]
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Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land
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3,979.72 people/km² of arable lan |
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[3rd of 188]
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Surface area > sq. km
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4,000 km²
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[167th of 206]
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Mont Orohena |
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Terrain
mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs |
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