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What is the capital of the Society Islands?

What is the capital of the Society Islands?

Papeete
The archipelagoes of French Polynesia are the Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, Gambier Islands, Marquesas Islands, and Tubuai Islands. The capital, Papeete, is on Tahiti, French Polynesia’s largest island (403 square miles [1,043 square km]), in the Society group.

What language is spoken in Society Islands?

Tahitian
Tahitian (Tahitian: Reo Tahiti, part of Reo Māꞌohi, languages of French Polynesia) is a Polynesian language, spoken mainly on the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It belongs to the Eastern Polynesian group.

What is Papeete the capital of?

The island, with an area 403 square miles (1,043 square km), accounts for almost one-third of the total land area of French Polynesia. Papeete, on Tahiti’s northwestern coast, is the capital and administrative centre of French Polynesia.

Who owns the Society Islands?

France
In the 1880s France formally annexed the islands. Today the Catholic Church owns at least 45 religious buildings in the area, all under the ecclesiastical responsibility of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Papeete (Archidiocese of Papeete or Archidioecesis Papeetensis) with headquarters on the island of Tahiti.

Is French Polynesia owned by France?

French Polynesia is a sprawling possession of France in the Pacific Ocean, made up of 118 volcanic and coral islands and atolls, including Tahiti.

Is Tahitian a dying language?

Tahitian was being spoken at the individual level by different age groups. This meant that while at the institutional level the language was still considered endangered, at the individual level the language was flourishing and viable.

What is the capital of Bora Bora?

Vaitape
Vaitape is the largest city of Bora Bora Island in French Polynesia. It has a population of 4,927, about half of the island’s population which is about 9,000. It is located about 210 km (130 mi) northwest of Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia.

What is the capital of Palau?

Ngerulmud
Palau/Capitals

Melekeok, state in Palau, western Pacific Ocean. It is located on the east coast of the country’s largest island, Babelthuap. Ngerulmud, the site of the country’s capital, is in Melekeok state; in 2006 the Palau government transferred the capital there from Koror city, on the island of Koror.

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