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Tahiti is the highest and largest island in French Polynesia lying close to Moʻorea island. It is located 4,400 kilometres (2,376 nautical miles) south of Hawaiʻi, 7,900 km (4,266 nmi) from Chile, 5,700 km (3,078 nmi) from Australia. [ 3 ][ 4 ] The island is 45 km (28 mi) across at its widest point and covers an area of 1,045 km 2 (403 sq mi).
French Polynesia. / 17.567°S 149.600°W / -17.567; -149.600. French Polynesia ( / ˌpɒlɪˈniːʒə / ⓘ PO-li-NEE-zhə; French: Polynésie française [pɔlinezi fʁɑ̃sɛːz]; Tahitian: Pōrīnetia Farāni) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole overseas country. It comprises 121 geographically dispersed islands and ...
Paul Gauguin. Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin ( UK: / ˈɡoʊɡæ̃ /, US: / ɡoʊˈɡæ̃ /, French: [øʒɛn ɑ̃ʁi pɔl ɡoɡɛ̃]; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influential ...
Tahitian pearl. Tahitian pearls in bulk. The Tahitian pearl (or black pearl) is an organic gem formed from the black lip oyster ( Pinctada margaritifera ). [ 1] These pearls derive their name from the fact that they are primarily cultivated around the islands of French Polynesia, around Tahiti. [ 2]
French Polynesia. The Kingdom of Tahiti or the Tahitian Kingdom was a Polynesian monarchy founded by paramount chief Pōmare I, who, with the aid of British missionaries and traders, and European weaponry, unified the islands of Tahiti, Moʻorea, Teti‘aroa, and Mehetiʻa. The kingdom eventually annexed the Tuamotus, and the Austral Islands ...
Jacques Ferdinand Planche. Commissioner of the Republic. 24 February 1880. 6 September 1881. Henri Isidore Chessé. Commissioner of the Republic. French Establishments of Oceania – Tahiti and its islands annexed by the French Third Republic. 6 September 1881. 8 October 1883.
v. t. e. Overseas France ( French: France d'outre-mer, also France ultramarine) [ note 3] consists of 13 French territories outside Europe, mostly the remnants of the French colonial empire that remained a part of the French state under various statuses after decolonisation. Most, but not all, are part of the European Union .
As of 2013, vanilla production (FAO records for 2013) in French Polynesia (specifically Tahiti) accounted to only about 0.07% of the total world production; it was 60 tons from an area of 7 hectares (17 acres) with a yield of 13 hectograms per ha, comparative to the 3,500 tons yielded by plantations in Madagascar, and 3,400 tons yielded in ...