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Bora Bora is
an island in the Leeward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an
overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. Produce of the island is
mostly limited to what can be obtained from the sea and the plentiful coconut
trees, which were historically of economic importance for copra. According to a
2008 census, Bora Bora has a permanent population of 8,880. Source
Tahiti is the
largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia; an overseas
collectivity of the French Republic, sometimes referred to as an overseas
country. Tahiti is the economic, cultural and political centre of
French Polynesia. The capital of the collectivity, Pape'ete, is located on the
northwest coast with the only international airport in the region, situated 5 km from the town centre. Tahiti was originally
settled. Source
