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French Polynesia is an overseas collectivity of France located in the south-central Pacific Ocean. It comprises approximately 130 islands distributed across five distinct archipelagoes: the Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, Gambier Islands, Marquesas Islands, and Tubuai Islands.1