Monetary & Banking 

 

Country name:

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
former: French Colony of Oceania

 

Capital:

Papeete

 

Location:

Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from South America to Australia

 

Area:

total: 4,167 sq km (118 islands and atolls)
land: 3,660 sq km
water: 507 sq km

 

Population:

266,339 (July 2004 est.)

 

Languages:

French (official), Tahitian (official)

 

Economy- Overview:

 

Industries:

tourism, pearls, agricultural processing, handicrafts, phosphates

 

Exports - commodities:

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

 

Imports - commodities:

fuels, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment

 

Exchange rates: