Society Islands 5195311 225174503 2008-07-12T08:05:28Z Zorrobot 7218328 robot Adding: [[da:Selskabsøerne]] {{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== {{reflist}} == External links == *[http://earthfromspace.photoglobe.info/spc_society_islands.html Society Islands from Space] {{Archipelagos of French Polynesia}} <!--Navigation box--><br /> {{Society Islands}} {{Polynesia}} [[Category:Geography of French Polynesia]] [[Category:Society Islands| ]] [[Category:Archipelagoes]] {{FrenchPolynesia-geo-stub}} [[bs:Društvena ostrva]] [[bg:Дружествени острови]] [[ca:Illes de la Societat]] [[cs:Společenské ostrovy]] [[da:Selskabsøerne]] [[de:Gesellschaftsinseln]] [[et:Seltsisaared]] [[el:Εταιρείας Νήσοι]] [[es:Islas de la Sociedad]] [[fr:Îles de la Société]] [[hr:Društveni otoci]] [[it:Isole della Società]] [[he:איי החברה]] [[lt:Draugijos salos]] [[nl:Genootschapseilanden]] [[ja:ソシエテ諸島]] [[pl:Wyspy Towarzystwa]] [[pt:Ilhas da Sociedade]] [[ty:Tōtaiete mā (Te fenua)]] [[ro:Arhipeleagul Societăţii]] [[ru:Острова Общества]] [[sr:Друштвена острва]] [[fi:Seurasaaret]] [[sv:Sällskapsöarna]] [[uk:Острови Товариства]] [[zh:社會群島]]