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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Society Islands</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesellschaftsinseln" title="Gesellschaftsinseln – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Gesellschaftsinseln" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="جزر الجمعية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جزر الجمعية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islles_de_la_Socied%C3%A1" title="Islles de la Sociedá – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Islles de la Sociedá" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C9%99miyy%C9%99t_adalar%C4%B1" title="Cəmiyyət adaları – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Cəmiyyət adaları" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_K%C3%BBn-t%C3%B3" title="Société Kûn-tó – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Société Kûn-tó" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Астравы Таварыства – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Астравы Таварыства" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Дружествени острови – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Дружествени острови" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dru%C5%A1tvena_ostrva" title="Društvena ostrva – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Društvena ostrva" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inizi_ar_Gevredigezh" title="Inizi ar Gevredigezh – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Inizi ar Gevredigezh" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illes_de_la_Societat" title="Illes de la Societat – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Illes de la Societat" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_Islands" title="Society Islands – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Society Islands" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spole%C4%8Densk%C3%A9_ostrovy" title="Společenské ostrovy – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Společenské ostrovy" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selskabs%C3%B8erne" title="Selskabsøerne – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Selskabsøerne" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesellschaftsinseln" title="Gesellschaftsinseln – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Gesellschaftsinseln" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seltsisaared" title="Seltsisaared – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Seltsisaared" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%9D%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%B9" title="Εταιρείας Νήσοι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Εταιρείας Νήσοι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_de_la_Sociedad" title="Islas de la Sociedad – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Islas de la Sociedad" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societa_Insularo" title="Societa Insularo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Societa Insularo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozietate_uharteak" title="Sozietate uharteak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sozietate uharteak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%86" title="جزایر انجمن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جزایر انجمن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archipel_de_la_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9" title="Archipel de la Société – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Archipel de la Société" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illas_da_Sociedade" title="Illas da Sociedade – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Illas da Sociedade" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%86%8C%EC%8B%9C%EC%97%90%ED%85%8C_%EC%A0%9C%EB%8F%84" title="소시에테 제도 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="소시에테 제도" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B8%D5%B6%D5%AF%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%AF%D5%B2%D5%A6%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Ընկերության կղզիներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ընկերության կղզիներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dru%C5%A1tveni_otoci" title="Društveni otoci – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Društveni otoci" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepulauan_Masyarakat" title="Kepulauan Masyarakat – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kepulauan Masyarakat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lagseyjar" title="Félagseyjar – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Félagseyjar" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isole_della_Societ%C3%A0" title="Isole della Società – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Isole della Società" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%97%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%94" title="איי החברה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="איי החברה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%96%E1%83%9D%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AB%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="საზოგადოების კუნძულები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="საზოგადოების კუნძულები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Коом аралдары – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Коом аралдары" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulae_Societatis" title="Insulae Societatis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Insulae Societatis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biedr%C4%ABbas_salas" title="Biedrības salas – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Biedrības salas" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draugijos_salos" title="Draugijos salos – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Draugijos salos" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A1rsas%C3%A1g-szigetek" title="Társaság-szigetek – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Társaság-szigetek" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D1%83%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Друштвени Острови – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Друштвени Острови" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B9" title="सोसायटी द्वीपसमूह – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="सोसायटी द्वीपसमूह" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepulauan_Masyarakat" title="Kepulauan Masyarakat – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kepulauan Masyarakat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genootschapseilanden" title="Genootschapseilanden – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Genootschapseilanden" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A8%E3%83%86%E8%AB%B8%E5%B3%B6" title="ソシエテ諸島 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ソシエテ諸島" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a 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class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">17°32′S</span> <span class="longitude">149°50′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">17.533°S 149.833°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-17.533; -149.833</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Archipelago</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Polynesia" title="Polynesia">Polynesia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total islands</th><td class="infobox-data">14</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Major islands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tahiti" title="Tahiti">Tahiti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moorea" class="mw-redirect" title="Moorea">Moorea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raiatea" class="mw-redirect" title="Raiatea">Raiatea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora">Bora Bora</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huahine" title="Huahine">Huahine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">1,590 km<sup>2</sup> (610 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">2,241 m (7352 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest point</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mont_Orohena" title="Mont Orohena">Mont Orohena</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b>France</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Overseas_collectivity" title="Overseas collectivity">Collectivity</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest settlement</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fa%27a%27%C4%81" class="mw-redirect" title="Fa'a'ā">Fa'a'ā</a> (pop. 29,828)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">207,333<sup id="cite_ref-census_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2017)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pop. density</th><td class="infobox-data">148/km<sup>2</sup> (383/sq mi)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Society Islands</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Îles de la Société</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[il<span class="wrap"> </span>də<span class="wrap"> </span>la<span class="wrap"> </span>sɔsjete]</a></span>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> officially <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Archipel de la Société</i></span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[aʁʃipɛl<span class="wrap"> </span>də<span class="wrap"> </span>la<span class="wrap"> </span>sɔsjete]</a></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tahitian_language" title="Tahitian language">Tahitian</a>: <i lang="ty">Tōtaiete mā</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are an <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelago</a> in the South <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> that includes the major islands of <a href="/wiki/Tahiti" title="Tahiti">Tahiti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mo%27orea" class="mw-redirect" title="Mo'orea">Moʻorea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raiatea" class="mw-redirect" title="Raiatea">Raiatea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora">Bora Bora</a> and <a href="/wiki/Huahine" title="Huahine">Huahine</a>. Politically, they are part of <a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Overseas_country_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas country of France">overseas country</a> of the <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French Republic</a>. Geographically, they form part of <a href="/wiki/Polynesia" title="Polynesia">Polynesia</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelago</a> is believed to have been named by Captain <a href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">James Cook</a> during his first voyage in 1769, supposedly in honour of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society" title="Royal Society">Royal Society</a>, the sponsor of the first British scientific survey of the islands; however, Cook wrote in his journal that he called the islands <i>Society</i> "as they lay contiguous to one another".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Society_Islands&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dating_colonization">Dating colonization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Society_Islands&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Dating colonization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first <a href="/wiki/Polynesians" title="Polynesians">Polynesians</a> are understood to have arrived on these islands around 1000<span class="nowrap"> </span>AD.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oral_history_origin">Oral history origin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Society_Islands&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Oral history origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The islanders explain their origins in terms of an <a href="/wiki/Oral_tradition" title="Oral tradition">orally transmitted story</a>. The feathered god <a href="/wiki/Ta%27aroa" title="Ta'aroa">Ta'aroa</a> lay in his shell. He called out but no-one answered, so he went back into his shell, where he stayed for aeons. When he came out he changed his body into the multi-layered dome of the sky. Other parts of his body he transformed into Papa-fenua, the earth. Other parts he made into Te Tuma, the ata, or shadow of his phallus. Ta'aroa said, "Cast your eyes on my phallus. Gaze upon it and insert it in the earth." He came down to earth at "Opoa in Havai'i" (now <a href="/wiki/Raiatea" class="mw-redirect" title="Raiatea">Ra'iatea</a>), one of the most sacred places in the Society Islands. Other gods were created, and these ran directly into the time of the people. The high chiefs or ari'i rahi were descendants from the gods, reckoned to be forty generations previous. In their presence commoners showed respect by stripping to the waist. The high chiefs erected <a href="/wiki/Marae" title="Marae">marae</a> as places of worship. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Resolution_and_Discovery_off_Huaheine_RMG_PAI0470.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/The_Resolution_and_Discovery_off_Huaheine_RMG_PAI0470.jpg/220px-The_Resolution_and_Discovery_off_Huaheine_RMG_PAI0470.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/The_Resolution_and_Discovery_off_Huaheine_RMG_PAI0470.jpg/330px-The_Resolution_and_Discovery_off_Huaheine_RMG_PAI0470.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/The_Resolution_and_Discovery_off_Huaheine_RMG_PAI0470.jpg/440px-The_Resolution_and_Discovery_off_Huaheine_RMG_PAI0470.jpg 2x" data-file-width="997" data-file-height="723" /></a><figcaption>HMS <i><a href="/wiki/HMS_Resolution_(1771)" title="HMS Resolution (1771)">Resolution</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/HMS_Discovery_(1774)" title="HMS Discovery (1774)">Discovery</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/Huahine" title="Huahine">Huahine</a>, commanded by <a href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">James Cook</a>, depicted by <a href="/wiki/John_Cleveley_the_Younger" title="John Cleveley the Younger">John Cleveley</a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Maritime_Museum" title="National Maritime Museum">National Maritime Museum</a>, Greenwich.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the generations before Europeans arrived, a cult called 'Oro-maro-'ura developed: the cult of the red-feathered girdle. This became a tangible symbol of the chief's power. Key followers of the 'Oro cult were the 'arioi, who lived separately from the common people. They wore scented flowers and adorned themselves with scents and scarlet-dyed cloth. The head of each 'arioi group was heavily tattooed from ankle to thigh and known as a blackleg. Both male and female blacklegs were a privileged group but they were forbidden to have children. Their babies were all killed at birth. They received and gave lavish presents. They had a wide range of artistic skills and could be priests, navigators and lore specialists. Only good-looking men or women could become 'arioi. They played a crucial role in ceremonies associated with birth, deaths and marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-Salmond_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salmond-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 23–28">: 23–28 </span></sup> </p><p>The Society Islands are home to the <a href="/wiki/Taputapuatea_marae" title="Taputapuatea marae">Taputapuātea Marae</a>, a UNESCO world heritage site on <a href="/wiki/Ra%27i%C4%81tea" class="mw-redirect" title="Ra'iātea">Ra’iātea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_contact">European contact</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Society_Islands&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: European contact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1767 HMS <i>Dolphin</i>, sailing under Captain <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Wallis" title="Samuel Wallis">Samuel Wallis</a>, landed on Tahiti. The captain and crew were quite sick with <a href="/wiki/Scurvy" title="Scurvy">scurvy</a> on arrival and were keen to obtain fresh food. Europeans quickly found that the islanders were desperate to obtain iron, which was prized for use in woodworking and as fish-hooks. The sailors found that young women and girls were eager to exchange sex for a nail. </p><p>The islanders were delighted at the abundance of iron on the ship and tried to board the ship in search of iron. Wallis reported that he shot cannon to maintain control of his vessel and the iron on board.<sup id="cite_ref-Salmond_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salmond-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 39–47">: 39–47 </span></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Louis_de_Bougainville" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis de Bougainville">Louis de Bougainville</a>, a French nobleman, sailor and soldier, left France on his circumnavigation of the globe in 1766.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the time he reached the Society islands in 1768, his crew was stricken with scurvy. Despite the crew being twice as numerous as that of the <i>Dolphin</i>, the islanders had sufficient food to trade their surplus for axes, knives and other iron goods.<sup id="cite_ref-Salmond_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salmond-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 90–96">: 90–96 </span></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">James Cook</a> arrived in <a href="/wiki/First_voyage_of_James_Cook" title="First voyage of James Cook">Tahiti in April 1769</a>. </p><p>Between 1772 and 1775, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_viceroys_of_Peru" title="List of viceroys of Peru">viceroy of Peru</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Spaniards" title="Spaniards">Spaniard</a> Manuel Amat y Juniet, organized three expeditions to the Society Islands. Having news of James Cook's expedition and fearing a British colonization of the island, he ordered a first expedition under the command of the Spanish sailor <a href="/wiki/Domingo_de_Bonechea" title="Domingo de Bonechea">Domingo de Bonechea</a>, with Tomás Gayangos as assistant, aboard the frigate "Águila". In the second expedition (1774-1775), Domingo de Bonechea and José Andía y Varela, aboard the ships "Águila"<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "Júpiter",<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> recognized or discovered a dozen islands between the archipelagos of <a href="/wiki/Tuamotu" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuamotu">Tuamotu</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Austral_Islands" title="Austral Islands">Austral Islands</a>, and established a mission in Tahiti, which lasted only a couple of years. Domingo de Bonechea, whose health was weakened, died during this expedition.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> The islands became a <a href="/wiki/Islands_controlled_by_France_in_the_Indian_and_Pacific_oceans#Pacific_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Islands controlled by France in the Indian and Pacific oceans">French protectorate</a> in 1843 and a colony in 1880 under the name of French Establishments of Oceania (<i>Établissements Français d'Océanie, EFO</i>).</p><div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Society_Islands&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bora_Bora.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Bora_Bora.jpg/220px-Bora_Bora.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Bora_Bora.jpg/330px-Bora_Bora.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Bora_Bora.jpg/440px-Bora_Bora.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a><figcaption>Bora Bora, Society Islands</figcaption></figure> <p>The islands are divided, both geographically and administratively, into two groups: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Windward_Islands_(Society_Islands)" title="Windward Islands (Society Islands)">Windward Islands</a> (<i>Îles du Vent</i>) (listed from east to west) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mehetia" class="mw-redirect" title="Mehetia">Mehetia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tahiti" title="Tahiti">Tahiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teti%27aroa" class="mw-redirect" title="Teti'aroa">Teti'aroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorea" class="mw-redirect" title="Moorea">Moorea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maiao" class="mw-redirect" title="Maiao">Maiao</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands_(Society_Islands)" title="Leeward Islands (Society Islands)">Leeward Islands</a> (<i>Îles Sous-le-Vent</i>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Huahine" title="Huahine">Huahine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raiatea" class="mw-redirect" title="Raiatea">Raiatea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taha%27a" class="mw-redirect" title="Taha'a">Taha'a</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora">Bora Bora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tupai" title="Tupai">Tupai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maupiti" title="Maupiti">Maupiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maupihaa" class="mw-redirect" title="Maupihaa">Mopelia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motu_One_(Society_Islands)" title="Motu One (Society Islands)">Motu One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuae_(Society_Islands)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manuae (Society Islands)">Manuae</a></li></ul></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Moorea_(view_of_mountains_from_Belvedere_Lookout).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Moorea_%28view_of_mountains_from_Belvedere_Lookout%29.jpg/220px-Moorea_%28view_of_mountains_from_Belvedere_Lookout%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Moorea_%28view_of_mountains_from_Belvedere_Lookout%29.jpg/330px-Moorea_%28view_of_mountains_from_Belvedere_Lookout%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Moorea_%28view_of_mountains_from_Belvedere_Lookout%29.jpg/440px-Moorea_%28view_of_mountains_from_Belvedere_Lookout%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>View of Mou'a Roa (880 m), Mo'orea Island</figcaption></figure> <p>They have a population of 275,918 inhabitants (as of 2017<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Society_Islands&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-census_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They cover a land area of 1,590 square kilometres (610 sq mi). The Society Islands are a tropical South Sea archipelago of <a href="/wiki/Volcano" title="Volcano">volcanic</a> origin. They represent the most economically important of the five <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelagos</a> of French Polynesia. The highest point is <a href="/wiki/Mont_Orohena" title="Mont Orohena">Mount Orohena</a>, which reaches 2,241 meters, located on the island of Tahiti. </p><p>The population of the islands is concentrated in the coastal regions and becomes increasingly sparse towards the mountainous center of the islands. The main island of Tahiti (Îles du Vent), where 50% of the inhabitants live, is also home to the capital of French Polynesia, the city of <a href="/wiki/Papeete" title="Papeete">Papeete</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fauna_and_flora">Fauna and flora</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Society_Islands&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Fauna and flora"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Requin_citron_pr%C3%A8s_de_Moorea.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Requin_citron_pr%C3%A8s_de_Moorea.jpg/220px-Requin_citron_pr%C3%A8s_de_Moorea.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Requin_citron_pr%C3%A8s_de_Moorea.jpg/330px-Requin_citron_pr%C3%A8s_de_Moorea.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Requin_citron_pr%C3%A8s_de_Moorea.jpg/440px-Requin_citron_pr%C3%A8s_de_Moorea.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Shark on the Moorea reef</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Society_Islands_tropical_moist_forests" title="Society Islands tropical moist forests">Society Islands tropical moist forests</a></div> <p>The tropical forests of French Polynesia are home to a great variety of rare animals and plants. </p><p>Above all, the islands are known for their olfactory <a href="/wiki/Landscape" title="Landscape">landscape</a>. The Tahitian tiaré (<i><a href="/wiki/Gardenia_taitensis" title="Gardenia taitensis">Gardenia taitensis</a></i>), which blooms exclusively on the Society Islands, is one of the most fragrant of all flowers and is now protected. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Atoll" title="Atoll">atolls</a> surrounding the islands are covered with numerous <a href="/wiki/Coral" title="Coral">corals</a>, around which butterfly and clown fish frolic. Manta rays also reside here. </p><p>However, part of the underwater world of French Polynesia has been affected by <a href="/wiki/France_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="France and weapons of mass destruction">nuclear tests</a> conducted by the French government between 1966 and 1968. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Society_Islands&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The climate of the islands varies between <a href="/wiki/Tropics" title="Tropics">tropical</a> and subtropical due to their size. The heat and very high humidity, together with the islands' fertile <a href="/wiki/Volcano" title="Volcano">volcanic</a> soils, have created dense, mostly inaccessible <a href="/wiki/Tropical_forest" title="Tropical forest">tropical forests</a>. There are two seasons: a warm one, which lasts from November to March, and a cooler one, from April to October. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Climatic Table </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>January</th> <th>February</th> <th>March</th> <th>April</th> <th>May</th> <th>June</th> <th>July</th> <th>August</th> <th>September</th> <th>October</th> <th>November</th> <th>December</th> <th>December </th></tr> <tr> <td>27.0 °C</td> <td>27.1 °C</td> <td>27.4 °C</td> <td>27.1 °C</td> <td>26.4 °C</td> <td>25.2 °C</td> <td>24.7 °C</td> <td>24.6 °C</td> <td>25.0 °C</td> <td>25.6 °C</td> <td>26.3 °C</td> <td>26.6 °C</td> <td>26.6 °C </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Society_Islands&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most of the population of the Society Islands profess <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>, including various <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestant</a> <a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Christian denominations</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a>. The Protestants arrived with the first <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> explorers, while the Catholics settled in the area first with the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish</a> and permanently with the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/French_colonial_empire" title="French colonial empire">French colonization</a> of the region, which was consolidated with the establishment of a <a href="/wiki/Protectorate" title="Protectorate">protectorate</a> over the islands. By 1774, the Spanish had settled in the region briefly and installed a large cross that they brought from their colonies in <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 1775, the priest Fray Jerónimo Clota celebrated the first Catholic mass on the islands.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Spanish did not remain in the area due to the continuing uprisings in other of their colonies.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eglise_du_Sacr%C3%A9-Coeur_de_Taravao.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Eglise_du_Sacr%C3%A9-Coeur_de_Taravao.jpg/220px-Eglise_du_Sacr%C3%A9-Coeur_de_Taravao.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Eglise_du_Sacr%C3%A9-Coeur_de_Taravao.jpg/330px-Eglise_du_Sacr%C3%A9-Coeur_de_Taravao.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Eglise_du_Sacr%C3%A9-Coeur_de_Taravao.jpg/440px-Eglise_du_Sacr%C3%A9-Coeur_de_Taravao.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3266" data-file-height="3628" /></a><figcaption>Sacred Heart Church in Taravao (<i>Église du Sacré-Coeur de Taravao</i>), Tahiti</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/P%C5%8Dmare_IV" title="Pōmare IV">Queen Pōmare IV</a> expelled French Catholic missionaries from her kingdom in 1836 and provoked the annoyance of France. Between 1838 and 1842, French naval commander <a href="/wiki/Abel_Aubert_du_Petit-Thouars" title="Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars">Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars</a> responded to French complaints and forced the queen and Tahitian chiefs to cede Tahiti as a French protectorate. In the 1880s France formally annexed the islands. </p><p>Today [when?], the Catholic Church owns at least 45 religious buildings in the area, all under the <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical" title="Ecclesiastical">ecclesiastical</a> responsibility of the <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">Metropolitan Archdiocese</a> of Papeete (Archidiocese of Papeete or Archidioecesis Papeetensis)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with headquarters on the island of Tahiti. The Cathedral of Our Lady of the <a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception" title="Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a> (<i>Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Immaculée Conception</i>) stands out on the island. </p><p>On each island, the religious situation is different. On Bora Bora, for example, there are more Protestant Christians than Catholic Christians,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a result of the fact that the English arrived there before the French,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, both groups now regularly perform <a href="/wiki/Ecumenism" title="Ecumenism">ecumenical</a> Christian acts and live together.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Society_Islands&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 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française</i> (in French). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ispf.pf/bases/Recensements/2017/Donnees_detaillees.aspx">the original</a> on 27 June 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Institut+de+la+statistique+de+la+Polyn%C3%A9sie+fran%C3%A7aise&rft.atitle=Population&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ispf.pf%2Fbases%2FRecensements%2F2017%2FDonnees_detaillees.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASociety+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCastillo1893" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Castillo, Emmanuel Drake del (1893). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=AYTdg7InIfUC&q=%C3%8Eles+de+la+Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9"><i>Flore de la Polynésie française : îles de la société, Marquise, Pomotou, Gambier, Wallis</i></a> (in French). Masson.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Flore+de+la+Polyn%C3%A9sie+fran%C3%A7aise%26thinsp%3B%3A+%C3%AEles+de+la+soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9%2C+Marquise%2C+Pomotou%2C+Gambier%2C+Wallis&rft.pub=Masson&rft.date=1893&rft.aulast=Castillo&rft.aufirst=Emmanuel+Drake+del&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DAYTdg7InIfUC%26q%3D%25C3%258Eles%2Bde%2Bla%2BSoci%25C3%25A9t%25C3%25A9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASociety+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRobineau1984" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Robineau, Claude (1984). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Pj_mwxFPLXoC&q=%C3%8Eles+de+la+Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9"><i>Tradition et modernité aux îles de la Société : Les racines</i></a> (in French). IRD Editions. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-7099-0687-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-2-7099-0687-6"><bdi>978-2-7099-0687-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tradition+et+modernit%C3%A9+aux+%C3%AEles+de+la+Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9%26thinsp%3B%3A+Les+racines&rft.pub=IRD+Editions&rft.date=1984&rft.isbn=978-2-7099-0687-6&rft.aulast=Robineau&rft.aufirst=Claude&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DPj_mwxFPLXoC%26q%3D%25C3%258Eles%2Bde%2Bla%2BSoci%25C3%25A9t%25C3%25A9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASociety+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDeschampsDeschamps2007" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Deschamps, Emmanuel; Deschamps, Aiu (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=XmR2MgAACAAJ&q=%C3%8Eles+de+la+Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9"><i>L'archipel de la Société : Tahiti et ses îles</i></a> (in French). Éditions Le Motu. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-87923-225-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-2-87923-225-6"><bdi>978-2-87923-225-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=L%27archipel+de+la+Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9%26thinsp%3B%3A+Tahiti+et+ses+%C3%AEles&rft.pub=%C3%89ditions+Le+Motu&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-2-87923-225-6&rft.aulast=Deschamps&rft.aufirst=Emmanuel&rft.au=Deschamps%2C+Aiu&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DXmR2MgAACAAJ%26q%3D%25C3%258Eles%2Bde%2Bla%2BSoci%25C3%25A9t%25C3%25A9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASociety+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2IUzQEACAAJ&q=%C3%8Eles+de+la+Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9"><i>Bora Bora : Polynésie Francaise ; Archipel de la Société ; Îles sous le Vent</i></a> (in French). SU. 2005.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bora+Bora%26thinsp%3B%3A+Polyn%C3%A9sie+Francaise%26thinsp%3B%3B+Archipel+de+la+Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9%26thinsp%3B%3B+%C3%8Eles+sous+le+Vent&rft.pub=SU&rft.date=2005&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DQ2IUzQEACAAJ%26q%3D%25C3%258Eles%2Bde%2Bla%2BSoci%25C3%25A9t%25C3%25A9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASociety+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoore2019" class="citation book cs1">Moore, Peter (2019-05-14). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8LVuDwAAQBAJ&q=society+T%C5%8Dtaiete+m%C4%81&pg=PT140"><i>Endeavour: The Ship That Changed the World</i></a>. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-374-71551-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-374-71551-9"><bdi>978-0-374-71551-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Endeavour%3A+The+Ship+That+Changed+the+World&rft.pub=Farrar%2C+Straus+and+Giroux&rft.date=2019-05-14&rft.isbn=978-0-374-71551-9&rft.aulast=Moore&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8LVuDwAAQBAJ%26q%3Dsociety%2BT%25C5%258Dtaiete%2Bm%25C4%2581%26pg%3DPT140&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASociety+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Horwitz" title="Tony Horwitz">Horwitz, Tony</a>. Oct. 2003, <i>Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before</i>, Bloomsbury, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7475-6455-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-7475-6455-8">0-7475-6455-8</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">P. V. Kirch: On the Road of the Winds – An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands Before European Contact; Berkeley, Los Angeles, London 2002, pp. 230–231. There is much debate as to the exact date of the original Polynesian migration to Tahiti, and indeed whether it came in one wave or several. Some experts put it as late as 500–800 BCE.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilmshurst2011" class="citation journal cs1">Wilmshurst, J.M. 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"Polynesian colonization and landscape changes on Mo'orea, French Polynesia: The Lake Temae pollen record". <i>Holocene</i>. <b>27</b> (12): <span class="nowrap">1963–</span>75. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017Holoc..27.1963S">2017Holoc..27.1963S</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0959683617715690">10.1177/0959683617715690</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:132920438">132920438</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Holocene&rft.atitle=Polynesian+colonization+and+landscape+changes+on+Mo%27orea%2C+French+Polynesia%3A+The+Lake+Temae+pollen+record.&rft.volume=27&rft.issue=12&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E1963-%3C%2Fspan%3E75&rft.date=2017&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A132920438%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1177%2F0959683617715690&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2017Holoc..27.1963S&rft.aulast=Stevenson&rft.aufirst=J&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASociety+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Salmond-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Salmond_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Salmond_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Salmond_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSalmond2009" class="citation book cs1">Salmond, Anne (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=QNomAQAAMAAJ"><i>Aphrodite's Island. 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Austral_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Austral_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Austral_Islands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Austral_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Austral_Islands" title="Austral Islands">Austral Islands</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_the_Gambier_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Gambier_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_the_Gambier_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Gambier_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_the_Gambier_Islands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Gambier_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Gambier_Islands" title="Gambier Islands">Gambier Islands</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Marquesas_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_Marquesas_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Marquesas_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_Marquesas_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Marquesas_Islands.svg/45px-Flag_of_Marquesas_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Marquesas_Islands" title="Marquesas Islands">Marquesas Islands</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Unofficial_flag_of_the_Leeward_Islands_%28Society_Islands%29.svg/23px-Unofficial_flag_of_the_Leeward_Islands_%28Society_Islands%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Unofficial_flag_of_the_Leeward_Islands_%28Society_Islands%29.svg/35px-Unofficial_flag_of_the_Leeward_Islands_%28Society_Islands%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Unofficial_flag_of_the_Leeward_Islands_%28Society_Islands%29.svg/45px-Unofficial_flag_of_the_Leeward_Islands_%28Society_Islands%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></span></span> </span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Society Islands</a> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_the_Leeward_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Leeward_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_the_Leeward_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Leeward_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_the_Leeward_Islands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Leeward_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="700" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands_(Society_Islands)" title="Leeward Islands (Society Islands)">Leeward Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windward_Islands_(Society_Islands)" title="Windward Islands (Society Islands)">Windward Islands</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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