Windward Islands (Society Islands) 1600494 187188564 2008-01-27T05:21:16Z Gwguffey 5620751 disambig 'south pacific' + clean up using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{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== {{reflist}} {{Archipelagos of French Polynesia}} {{Society Islands}} [[Category:Society Islands]] [[Category:Archipelagoes]] {{FrenchPolynesia-geo-stub}} [[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)]]