French Polynesia is located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, bordered by the Cook Islands to the west and the Lane Islands to the northwest. French Polynesia consists of the Society Islands, the Tuamotu Islands, the Gambier Islands, the Turkuai Islands, and the Marquesas Islands. French Polynesia has an area of 4,167 square kilometers and a population of 275,000 square kilometers.
French Polynesia
French Polynesia
French Polynesia began to inhabit the land around the 3rd century AD. It is also the earliest recorded human to live in French Polynesia.
In the 15th century, Columbus explored maritime civilizations with the support of the Spanish royal family. After Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean, he discovered land. Columbus also discovered indigenous Indians on the American continent. Columbus named the island of discovery the West Indies. Columbus brought Indians on ships as gifts to the Spanish crown.
Columbus discovers the American continent
Spain began to support its own people as they began to embark on the path of foreign expansion. In the 16th century, Spain was the world's maritime supremacy, when Spain had the most powerful naval forces in the world, such as the Armada. Spain began to embark on the path of colonial expansion around the world.
In 1595, the Spaniard Mundana landed on the Marquesas Islands, the first Western country to land in French Polynesia. Due to the high strategic value of French Polynesia, a war broke out between Portugal, Britain and France.
In the 19th century, under the influence of the Industrial Revolution, France's social productivity was greatly improved. France needs to look for overseas territories to expand its market. France had colonies second only to Britain at that time, when French colonies were spread across Africa, Asia and North America, some islands in Oceania. In 1843, Tahiti became a French protectorate and began to be colonized by France. At the end of the 19th century, the entire colony of French Polyacia.
After World War II, France's comprehensive national strength in World War II seriously declined. Under French rule, the colonies declared their independence. France exercised autonomy for French Polynesia for better administration.
French colony
French colony
In the 70s of the 20th century, France gave French Polynesia more autonomy. But France holds the diplomatic, defense, financial and judicial powers of the place. France controls the fate of the island.
In 2000, the French National Assembly passed a constitutional amendment that elevated French Portia's status from an overseas territory to an overseas possession, giving it greater powers and the right to sign international treaties with other nearby Pacific nations.
In 2013, the UN General Assembly adopted the re-inclusion of French Polynesia in the UN list of autonomous territories.
French Portonia
French Polynesia
France has a Pacific Fleet in the Pacific Ocean. Because France now has French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Wells Fargokus. France has a land area of 18,600 square kilometers in the Pacific Ocean, a population of 2 million, and an exclusive economic zone of 9 million square kilometers. The French fleet on Taiping Island has only two Huayue-class frigates. Although France is also a maritime power in history, due to the serious decline in the country's comprehensive national strength, the number of national warships has shown a downward trend.
French Portolisia
France now ranks fourth in the world in terms of military strength, second only to the three major powers of the United States, Russia and China. France has an independent military-industrial system, and France leads the world in aerospace, aviation, high-speed rail and ship technology. France is also one of the more independent countries in the world. France now has a relatively high proportion of blacks, and the fate of France may be South African in the future.