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Location : Group of 118 volcanic islands in the South Pacific, halfway
between California and Australia
Area : 4
200 km2 spreading on 2 500 000 km2
Population
: 230 000
Administrative Capital City : Papeete on Tahiti island
Climate
: Tropical
Time Zone : GMT - 10 hours Currency
: CPF Franc (100 CPF Francs are worth 5,50 French Francs) Air &
Sea Connections : “Territoire
d’Outre-Mer” - New status by the Law of April, 12th 1996
1 High Commissary
of the French Republic
1 President of
the government (chooses his Ministers), elected by the Territorial Assembly
A Territorial
Assembly of 41 seats (elected for 5 years)
5 Districts
: Iles du Vent, Iles sous le Vent, Tuamotu-Gambier, Iles Australes, Iles Marquises
2 Deputies
- 1 Senator
French Polynesia
is characterized by a dynamic economic activity.
Agriculture accounts
for less than 10% of the active workforce, and only 20% of the local supply.
Fishing Industries
: historically fishing has been and remains a major activity for the Polynesians.
A good many of the foreign ships are Japanese or Korean.
Aquaculture is developing rapidly.
The pearl industry
is the major source of foreign income after tourism, making Polynesia the
2nd producer and exporter of pearls in the world, mostly black pearls. 80%
of the production is exported to Japan.
The industry
sector : 3/4 of the industries are located on Tahiti island
Food industry : 2 119 companies – Construction : 1 608 companies –
Other manufactured industries : 2 752
Handicraft :
great diversity : small objects and jewels out of shells, hats, bags, wooden
sculptures…
Tourism is a
dynamic economic sector.