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Religious buildings and structures in French Polynesia (1 C, 2 P) S. Sports venues in French Polynesia (2 C) T. ... Pages in category "Tourist attractions in French ...
Mataiva lagoon Mataiva in French Polynesia. The atoll's oval-shaped lagoon is 5.3 km wide and 10 km long, and is almost completely surrounded by land. In the lagoon the decaying coral morphed into linear rocky structures 50 to 300 meters wide. Some of these coral structures top above the water, forming about 70 basins.
Tourist attractions in French Polynesia (6 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Tourism in French Polynesia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Six of the seven communes (out of French Polynesia's 48 communes) have banded together in a "community of communes" (French: communauté de communes HavaŹ»i, CCH) an indirectly elected intercommunal council formed in 2012 by all the communes in the administrative subdivision (circumscription) of the Leeward Islands, with the exception of Bora ...
Pearl farming is done in more than 30 atolls of French Polynesia and is the main activity for numerous families in the Tuamotu archipelago. In Rangiroa, a few farms exploited about 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2) of water surface in the lagoon loaned by the Tahitian government.
French Polynesia (/ ... Tourism is an important source of income for French Polynesia. The legal tender of French Polynesia is the CFP franc which has a fixed ...
Fakarava is located 450 km northeast of Tahiti. Its lagoon is the second largest in French Polynesia (after Rangiroa) and covers 1,121 km 2. It is accessible through two passes: Hirifa Beach, Fakarava. Garuae (to the north), the largest pass in French Polynesia (0.85 miles wide) or (1,600 m). Tumakohua, also called Tetamanu (south).
The tropical forests of French Polynesia are home to a great variety of rare animals and plants. Above all, the islands are known for their olfactory landscape. The Tahitian tiaré (Gardenia taitensis), which blooms exclusively on the Society Islands, is one of the most fragrant of all flowers and is now protected.
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