00:00Tahiti is an island in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity, located in the South Pacific Ocean.
00:05It is part of the Windward Islands group and the Society Islands archipelago.
00:09This high and mountainous island, of volcanic origin, is surrounded by a coral reef.
00:14The island is composed of two parts, Tahiti Nuit, the larger of the two, and Tahiti Itéi, also called the Peninsula.
00:20linked together by the ism of Taravao.
00:23With 1042 km² and 192,760 inhabitants in 2017, Tahiti is both the largest and the most
00:29populated by the islands of French Polynesia.
00:31Its surface area is comparable to that of Martinique or Val d'Oise.
00:35The island concentrates the majority of economic activities in the Polynesian archipelago.
00:39The city of Papette, located on the northwest coast of the island, is the capital of French Polynesia
00:44and houses all of its political institutions.
00:46Tourism contributes significantly to the island's economy, especially since Tahiti is home to the only international airport in
00:52French Polynesia, giving it the status of gateway to the territory.
00:56The history of Tahiti is marked first and foremost by the settlement of the island by Polynesian navigators,
01:01'of Austronesian origin, then through the discovery of the island by European explorers.
01:06Trade with Europeans allowed a Tahitian family, the Pomares, to impose their authority over the whole of
01:11the island.
01:12From the end of the 18th century, the island was colonized by English Protestant missionaries, then became a protectorate
01:18French in the mid-19th century.
01:20The island then became a colony, part of the French settlements in Oceania, before being attached to a larger group
01:26of archipelagos that the general public calls French Polynesia.
01:29French is the official language. The vernacular language is Tahitian.
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