Windward Islands (Society Islands)
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{{Infobox Islands
| name = Windward Islands
| image name = MooreaArriving.JPG
| image caption = [[Moorea]]
| image size =
| locator map = Karta FP Societe isl.PNG
| native name = Îles du Vent
| 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]], [[Mehetia]], [[Tetiaroa]]
| area = 1195 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 = 194,623<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 = 163
| ethnic groups =
| additional info =
}}
The '''Windward Islands''' ([[French language|French]]: ''Îles du Vent'') are the eastern group of the [[Society Islands]] in [[French Polynesia]], an [[overseas collectivity]] of [[France]] in the southern [[Pacific Ocean]]. The [[archipelago]] comprises an [[Administrative divisions of French Polynesia|administrative division]] ([[French language|French]]: ''subdivision administrative'') of French Polynesia, and includes [[Tahiti]], [[Moorea]], [[Mehetia]], [[Tetiaroa]], and [[Maiao]]. The capital of the administrative district is [[Papeete]] on the island of Tahiti.
Tahiti, Moorea, and Mehetia are [[high island]]s. Tetiaroa and Maiao are [[coral]] [[atoll]]s.
The majority of the population speaks [[French language|French]] and [[Tahitian language|Tahitian]] (co-official with French throughout French Polynesia).
Administratively, the Windward Islands form the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands (''subdivision administrative des Îles du Vent''), one of [[French Polynesia]]'s five [[Administrative divisions of French Polynesia|administrative subdivisions]]. Geographically, the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands is identical with the electoral district of the Windward Islands (''circonscription des Îles du Vent''), one of [[French Polynesia]]'s 6 electoral districts (''circonsriptions électorales'') for the [[Assembly of French Polynesia]] (see also [[Politics of French Polynesia]]).
==References==
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{{Archipelagos of French Polynesia}}
{{Society Islands}}
[[Category:Society Islands]]
[[Category:Archipelagoes]]
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[[ca:Illes del Vent]]
[[et:Tuulepealsed saared (Okeaania)]]
[[es:Islas del Viento]]
[[fr:Îles du Vent]]
[[gl:Illas do Vento]]
[[lt:Priešvėjinės salos (Polinezija)]]
[[nl:Bovenwindse Eilanden (Frans-Polynesië)]]
[[pl:Wyspy Zawietrzne (Polinezja)]]
[[ty:Ni’a mata’i mā (Te fenua)]]