Bora Bora is politically part of French Polynesia.
The island is a French overseas territory and is not part of the European Union..
The islands became first a French protectorate (1842), then a colony (1881), and eventually a part of French Oceania (1903).
The \xceles du Vent and the \xceles Sous le Vent became administrative divisions of French Polynesia in 1946.
Pop. (2017) 242,726..
The largest and best known of the Society Islands is Tahiti, in the \xceles du Vent; Moorea is another notable island in the group.
Raiatea is the principal island in the \xceles Sous le Vent group, which also includes Bora-Bora..
The largest and best known of the Society Islands is Tahiti, in the \xceles du Vent; Moorea is another notable island in the group.
Raiatea is the principal island in the \xceles Sous le Vent group, which also includes Bora-Bora..
Tahitian (Tahitian: Reo Tahiti, part of Reo Māʼohi, languages of French Polynesia) is a Polynesian language, spoken mainly on the Society Islands in French Polynesia..
Tahitian (Tahitian: Reo Tahiti, part of Reo Māʼohi, languages of French Polynesia) is a Polynesian language, spoken mainly on the Society Islands in French Polynesia..
The Tahitians (Tahitian: Māʼohi; French: Tahitiens) are the indigenous Polynesian people of Tahiti and thirteen other Society Islands in French Polynesia.
The numbers may also include the modern population in these islands of mixed Polynesian and French ancestry (French: demis)..
The first Polynesians are understood to have arrived on these islands around 1000 AD
The islands are divided, both geographically and administratively
Most of the population of the Society Islands profess Christianity including various Protestant Christian denominations and the
Each of the Society Islands has a small airport. Faa'a International Airport is located in Tahiti and is the largest airport in the Society Islands
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Most visitors arrive at the island’s international airport and either head towards their resort on another island or Tahiti’s bustling capital of Papeete
Society Islands, archipelago within French Polynesia in the central South Pacific Ocean
Extending some 450 miles (725 km) in length, it is divided into two island clusters, the Îles du Vent (Windward Islands) and the Îles Sous le Vent (Leeward Islands)
The largest and best known of the SocietyTwo names which remind you that the constant warm temperature throughout the year is due to the effect of the trade winds
The Society Islands consist of Moorea, Tahiti and Tetiaroa (the Windward Islands ), and Bora Bora, Raiatea, Taha’a, Huahine and Maupiti (the Leeward Islands )
