Society Islands
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{{Infobox Islands
| name = Society Islands
| image name = Polynesia Tahiti Tautira.JPG
| image caption = [[Tahiti]]
| image size =
| locator map = Fp-map.gif
| native name = Îles de la Société
| native name link = French language
| nickname =
| location = [[Pacific Ocean]]
| coordinates = {{coor title dm|17|32|S|149|50|W|type:isle}}
| archipelago = [[Society Islands]]
| total islands =
| major islands = [[Tahiti]], [[Moorea]], [[Raiatea]], [[Bora Bora]], [[Huahine]]
| area = 1590 km²
| highest mount = [[Mont Orohena]]
| elevation = 2241 m
| country = France
| country admin divisions title = [[Overseas collectivity]]
| country admin divisions = [[French Polynesia]]
| country capital city = Papeete
| country largest city = [[Papeete]]
| country largest city population = 131,695 urban
| country leader title =
| country leader name =
| population = 227,807 <ref name=census>{{fr icon}} {{cite web| url=http://www.ispf.pf/(k1aciwf4z0fyap45ghzhgm55)/stat/demo/rp2007/pdfs/poplegales2007.pdf| title=Recensement de la population 2007| author=Institut Statistique de Polynésie Française (ISPF)|format=PDF|accessdate=2007-12-02}}</ref>
| population as of = Aug. 2007 census
| density = 143
| ethnic groups =
| additional info =
}}
[[Image:Karta FP Societe isl.PNG|thumb|270px|Map of Society Islands]]
[[Image:A view from the AR 72 airplane (Over Society Islands - French Polynesia).jpg|thumb|One of the islands.]]
The '''Society Islands''' ([[French language|French]]: ''Îles de la Société'' or officially ''Archipel de la Société'') are a group of [[island]]s in the south [[Pacific]], administratively part of [[French Polynesia]]. The [[archipelago]] is generally believed to have been named by Captain [[James Cook]] in honor of the [[Royal Society]], sponsor of the first British scientific survey of the islands; however, Cook states in his journal that he called the islands Society "as they lay contiguous to one another"<ref>[[Tony Horwitz|Horwitz, Tony]]. Oct. 2003, ''Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before'', Bloomsbury, ISBN 0-7475-6455-8</ref>.
The islands are divided geographically, politically and administratively into two groups:
*[[Windward Islands (Society Islands)|Windward Islands]] (Îles du Vent) (listed from east to west)
**[[Mehetia]]
**[[Tahiti]]
**[[Moorea]]
**[[Maiao]]
**[[Tetiaroa]]
*[[Leeward Islands (Society Islands)|Leeward Islands]] (Îles Sous-le-Vent)
**[[Huahine]]
**[[Bora Bora]]
**[[Raiatea]]
**[[Tahaa]]
**[[Maupiti]]
**[[Tupai]]
**[[Maupihaa|Mopelia]]
**[[Scilly (Society Islands)|Scilly]]
**[[Motu One (Society Islands)|Motu One]] (Bellinghausen)
The islands became a [[Islands controlled by France in the Indian and Pacific oceans#Pacific Islands|French protectorate]] in 1843 and a [[colony]] in [[1880]]. They have a population of 227,807 inhabitants (as of August 2007 census).<ref name=census /> They cover a land area of 1,590 km² (614 sq. miles).
==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://earthfromspace.photoglobe.info/spc_society_islands.html Society Islands from Space]
{{Archipelagos of French Polynesia}}
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