French Polynesia is an overseas country
French Polynesia is an overseas collectivity of the French Republic sometimes unofficially referred to as an overseas country; It is composed of 118 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over an expanse of more than 2000 kilometers (1245 miles) in the South Pacific Ocean, yet its total land area is only 4167 square kilometers (1609 square miles).French Polynesia is divided into 5 groups of islands: The Society Islands archipelago composed of the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands, the Tuamotu Archipelago, the Gambier Islands, the Marquesas Islands and the Austral Islands. Among its 118 islands and atolls, 67 are inhabited. The most famous island, Tahiti, is located within the Society Islands archipelago. Tahiti is the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the collectivity, Pape'ete. Although not an integral part of its territory, Clipperton Island was administered from French Polynesia until 2007.
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