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Tahiti

Capital	Papeete (Tahiti Island)
Area Sq Km	4167
Area Sq Miles	1609
Population	227,800
Languages	French. Tahitian and other Polynesian languages.
Religions	Protestant and Catholic Christians.
Currency	French Pacific Franc (CFP Franc)
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Economy Overview

The traditionalPolynesian economy was agricultural, but that sector now accounts for less than5 per cent of total output and employment. Coconuts are the principal cash cropand vanilla, coffee and citrus fruit are also produced in quantity. There is asubstantial fishing industry, based on tuna, most of which is conducted byforeign fleets operating under licence. The manufacturing industry is mainlydevoted to processing agricultural products; the recent discovery of phosphateand cobalt deposits has led to the emergence of a mining industry. Polynesiawas used repeatedly as a nuclear testing zone by the French, and the end of thenuclear programme (and the construction and service jobs which it brought withit) has led, in the short term, to high local unemployment and consequently aheavy dependence on migratory labour. The Government believes that tourismoffers the best, and perhaps the only, prospect for a self-supporting economy.Tourist arrivals had been steadily rising during the early 1990s, but fellsharply following the resumption of nuclear testing in 1995 and have yet torecover to their pre-test level. The territory thus suffers from a serioustrade deficit: imports exceed exports by a factor of ten, so that considerableaid is needed from the French to balance the country's finances. Francedominates the islands' trade; the USA is the other important trade partner.

Government

The French government is represented by a High Commissioner who controls foreignaffairs, defence and justice. In other spheres, the islands have enjoyedinternal autonomy since July 1977, which exercised by an elected government.This comprises a legislature, the 41-member Territorial Assembly which isdirectly elected for a 5-year term, and an executive president and council ofministers, all of whom are chosen from among the membership of the Assembly.

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