1981 Edition

Aid

Western (non-US) commitments (ODA; 1979), $46.0 million; Australia (1980-83), $8.1 million committed

Area

About 4,000 kmz

121,730 km2; 17% arable and cultivated, 74% in forest, scrub, and brush; remainder wasteland and urban

Budget

$15.2 million (1979)

Coastline

about 2,525 km

2,495 km

Exports

$21.2 million (1978); 88% phosphate, 11.6% copra

Imports

$18.4 million (1978); foodstuffs, fuel, transportation equipment

Land boundaries

1,675 km

Limits of territorial waters

12 nm (fishing 200 nm; exclusive economic zone 200 nm)

Limits of territorial waters (claimed)

12 nm (economic, including fishing, 200 nm; military 50 nm)

Monetary conversion rate

0.90 Australian$=US$l

Ethnic divisions

78% Polynesian, 12% Chinese, 6% local French, 4% metropolitan French

racially homogeneous

Labor force

6.1 million; 48% agriculture, 52% nonagricultural; shortage of skilled and unskilled labor

Language

Korean

Literacy

90% (est.)

Nationality

noun — French Polynesian(s); adjective — French Polynesian

noun — Korean(s); adjective — Korean

Population

155,000 (July 1982), annual growth rate 2.2%

20,586,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 3.2%

Religion

mainly Christian; 55% Protestant, 32% Catholic

Buddhism and Confucianism; religious activities now almost nonexistent

Branches

33-member Territorial Assembly, popularly elected; 5-member Council of Government, elected by Assembly; popular election of two deputies to National Assembly and one senator to Senate in Paris

Supreme Peoples Assembly theoretically supervises legislative and judicial function; State Administration Council (cabinet) oversees ministerial operations KOREA, SOUTH

Capital

Papeete

P'yongyang

Elections

every five years, last in May 1977 Political parties and leaders: Le Front Uni, autonomist coalition, Francis Sanford; Tahoeraa Huiraatira, conservative Gaullist, Gaston Flosse Voting strength (1977 election): Le Front Uni, 14 seats; Tahoerra Huiraatira, 10 seats; independents, 9 seats

Government leader

High Commissioner and President of the Council of Government Paul NOIROT-COSSON, appointed by French Government

Legal system

based on French; lower and higher courts

based on German civil law system with Japanese influences and Communist legal theory; constitution adopted 1948 and revised 1972; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

National holiday

9 September

Official name

Territory of French Polynesia

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Political subdivisions

five districts

nine provinces, three special cities (P'yongyang, Kaesong, and Chongjin)

Suffrage

universal adult

Type

overseas territory of France

Communist state; one-man rule

Agriculture

coconut main crop

Aid

France $91 million (1978)

Budget

$180 million in 1979; ODA and OOF commitments from Western (non-US countries)

Electric power

67,000 kW capacity (1981); 160 million kWh produced (1979), 1,074 kWh per capita

Exports

$21 million (1977); principal products — coconut products (79%), mother-of-pearl (14%), vanilla (1971)

GDP

$636.8 million (1976), $4,550 per capita

Imports

$419 million (1977); principal items — fuels, foodstuffs, equipment

Major industries

maintenance of French nuclear test base, tourism

Major trade partners

imports — 59% France, 14% US; exports — 86% France

Monetary conversion rate

100 CFP=1NZ$ (1971)

Airfields

38 total, 38 usable; 16 with permanent-surface runways, 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 14 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Civil air

about 3 major transport aircraft

2 Trislanders, however, no major transport aircraft

Highways

3,700 km, all types

483 km of motorable roads

Inland waterways

small network of canals, totaling 5 km, in Northern Line Islands

Ports

1 major, 6 minor

3 minor

Railroads

none

Telecommunications

17,302 telephones (12.9 per 100 popl.); 72,000 radio and 14,000 TV sets; 5 AM, 2 FM, and 6 TV stations; 1 ground satellite station DEFENSE FORCES Defense is responsibility of France

1 AM broadcast station; 866 telephones (4.3 per 100 popl.)