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- possession of France
- part of the French possession of French Polynesia
- own name: Îles de la Société
- own name, official: Subdivisions administratives des Îles du Vent et Îles Sous-le-Vent
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Flag of France,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Corel Draw 4
since 1984,
Flag of French Polynesia,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by:
Wikipedia (D)
unofficial Flag,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: commons.wikimedia.org
unofficial Flag,
doubtful,
ISLV = Îles Sous-le-Vent,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Wikipedia (DA)
1822,
Flag of Pomaré III., King of Tahiti,
Source, by: FOTW
1829,
Flag of Tahiti,
Source, by: FOTW
1829,
Flag of Tahiti,
Source, by: FOTW
1975,
Flag of Tahiti,
Source, by: FOTW
from 1976,
Flag of Tahiti,
Source, by: FOTW
1847-1880,
Flag of Bora-Bora,
Source, by: FOTW
1847-1889,
Flag of Huahine,
Source, by: FOTW
1847-1880,
Flag of Raiatea,
Source, by: FOTW
1880-1888,
Flag of Raiatea,
Source, by: FOTW
The Society Islands – as a part of French Polynesia – have officially no own flag. It must be hoisted the French tricolor or additionally, the flag of French Polynesia. However, there is likely to be an unofficial flag for local use. It shows seven horizontal stripes in red and white. Another flag can be found on the Internet, which is horizontally striped green-yellow-green, in a ratio of 1: 2: 1 and shows the letters "ISLV" in the middle. It is often assigned to the Society Islands. However, ISLV could actually be meant as "Îles Sous-le-Vent", making it just the flag of one of the two archipelagos that make up the whole Society Islands archipelago (Leeward Islands, Leeward Islands). Often this probably correct assignment can also be found. In the 19th century the Society Islands consisted of individual kingdoms (Tahiti, Bora-Bora, Raiatea, Huahine), which all had their own flag. The memory of it has survived until today, and still today the flags of Tahiti and Bora-Bora are in use. For Tahiti in 1976 was even officially set a different width of the stripes in the flag (1:2:1), to avoid confusions with the flag of Austria.
Source:
Wikipedia (D),
FOTW,
commons.wikimedia.org
Location:
Source: CIA World Factbook
Map of French Polynesia:
Source: CIA World Factbook
Subdivisions of French Polynesia:
Landkarte/map, Source: By L. Claudel (Sardon - fr:Sardon)
[GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons,
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Area: 615 square miles
subdivisions:
Îles du Vent (Windward Islands), 461 sq.mi., ca. 205.000 inh., capital: Papeete
Îles Sous-le-Vent (Leeward Islands), 152 sq.mi., ca. 37.000 inh., capital: Uturoa
Inhabitants: 242.726 (2017)
Density of Population: 394 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Papeete (on Tahiti), 26.926 inh. (2017)
official Language: French
other Languages: Polynesian dialects
Currency: CFP-Franc (CFPF) = 100 Centimes,
CFPF = "Franc des Colonies Françaises du Pacifique"
Time Zone: GMT – 10 h
Source: Wikipedia (D), Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (FR)
500 B.C. · beginning polynesian settlement
1606 · the Portugese seafarer Pedro Fernández de Quirós achieves as the first European maybe Tahiti Island and names them Sagittaria
1722 · the Dutch seafarer Jacob Roggeveen reaches the Society Islands and suffers shipwreck near the island of Takapoto (Tuamotu Archipelago)
1765 · the British seafarer John Byron traveles through the archipelago
1767 · the British seafarer Samuel Wallis traveles through the archipelago and names the main island, today's Tahiti, after his king "King George Island", in the following years prevails with British support the local Dynasty of Pomaré in Tahiti, which later dominates throughout the whole Society Islands
1768 · the French seafarer Louis de Bougainville traveles through the archipelago
1769 · the British seafarer James Cook sojourns in Tahiti
1772 · the Spanish captain Domingo de Boenechea annexes Tahiti for Spain, but this will have no consequences
1773 · the British seafarer James Cook traveles through the archipelago
1777 · the British seafarer James Cook traveles through and mappes the archipelago
1797 · British protestant proselytizing
1836 · the British explorer Charles Darwin sojourns in Tahiti
1842 · France declares Tahiti to a French protectorate
1847 · establishment of the French administration in Tahiti, the to the United Kingdom friendly archipelagos of Bora-Bora, Raiatea and Huahine become independent kingdoms
1880 · France annexes Tahiti, the islands (Tahiti, Mehetia, Moorea, Tetiaroa) become a French colony
1880 · France declares Raiatea to a French protectorate
1888 · France annexes Bora-Bora, the islands (Bora-Bora, Tupai, Maupiti, Maupihaa, Manuae, Motu One) become a French colony
1888 · France declares Huahine to a French protectorate
1888 · France annexes Raiatea, the islands (Raiatea and Tahaa) become a French colony
1897 · France annexes Huahine, the islands (Huahine and Maiao) become a French colony
1903 · establishing of a unified French colonial administration for the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, Tuamotu Islands, Gambier Islands and Austral Islands under the name "French Polynesia"
Source:
Wikipedia (D),
FOTW
The archipelago was not – like it is often assumed – named in honor of the Royal Society, but because of the arrangement of the islands in a "society".
Source:
Wikipedia (D)
