| | '''French Polynesia''' is a [[France|French]] Overseas Collectivity (collectivité d'outre-mer) in the [[Polynesia]]n South [[Pacific Ocean]]. It is made up of the island groups Society Islands (Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, Maupiti...), Tuamotus (Fakarava, Hao, Moruroa, Rangiroa), Austral Islands, Gambier Islands, Marquesas Islands (Nuku Hiva, Ua Pu, Hiva Oa). It has a population of 250000 and the capital is Papeete on Tahiti. The French government maintained a nuclear weapons testing facility on Moruroa from 1966, following the loss of Algeria, where tests had previously been conducted. The tests were highly controversial amongst [[environmentalists]], leading to the famous sinking of the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior by the DGSE in 1985. The site was finally closed in 1996. | | '''French Polynesia''' is a [[France|French]] Overseas Collectivity (collectivité d'outre-mer) in the [[Polynesia]]n South [[Pacific Ocean]]. It is made up of the island groups Society Islands (Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, Maupiti...), Tuamotus (Fakarava, Hao, Moruroa, Rangiroa), Austral Islands, Gambier Islands, Marquesas Islands (Nuku Hiva, Ua Pu, Hiva Oa). It has a population of 250000 and the capital is Papeete on Tahiti. The French government maintained a nuclear weapons testing facility on Moruroa from 1966, following the loss of Algeria, where tests had previously been conducted. The tests were highly controversial amongst [[environmentalists]], leading to the famous sinking of the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior by the DGSE in 1985. The site was finally closed in 1996. |