| FRENCH POLYNESIAN GEOGRAPHY STATS: |
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Area > Comparative
slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut |
Area > Comparative to US places
slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut |
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Area > Land
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3,660 sq km |
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[171st of 238]
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Area > Land (per capita)
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12.932 sq km per 1,000 people |
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[113rd of 227]
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Area > Total
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4,167 sq km |
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[178th of 250]
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Area > Total (per capita)
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14.723 sq km per 1,000 people |
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[106th of 231]
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Area > Water
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507 sq km |
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[102nd of 239]
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Area > Water (per capita)
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1,791.399 sq km per million people |
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[22nd of 225]
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Climate
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tropical, but moderate |
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Coastline
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2,525 km |
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[53rd of 271]
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Elevation extremes > Highest point
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Mont Orohena 2,241 m |
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Elevation extremes > Lowest point
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Pacific Ocean 0 m |
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Forested Land
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28.7% |
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[90th of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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15 00 S, 140 00 W |
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Geography > Note
includes five archipelagoes (four volcanic, one 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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[166th of 196]
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Irrigated land (per capita)
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40.221 sq km per million people |
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[133rd of 167]
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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 area > sq. km (per capita)
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14.263 km²
per 1,000 people |
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[94th of 206]
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Land use > Arable land
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0.75% |
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[200th of 258]
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Land use > Other
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93.75% |
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[86th of 258]
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Land use > Permanent crops
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5.5% |
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[53rd of 258]
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Location
Oceania, archipelagoes in the South Pacific Ocean about half way between South America and Australia |
Map references
Oceania |
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Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone
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200 nautical mile |
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[45th of 123]
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Maritime claims > Territorial sea
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12 nautical mile |
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[118th of 191]
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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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Surface area > sq. km (per capita)
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15.588 km²
per 1,000 people |
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[88th of 207]
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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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