Manpower availability: males age 15-49: 43,412 males fit for military service: 28,171 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP
Defense note: defense is the responsibility of France
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@French Polynesia ————————
(overseas territory of France)
Map —-
Location: 15 00 S, 140 00 W — Oceania, archipelago in the South
Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from South America to
Australia
Flag ——
Description: two narrow red horizontal bands encase a wide white band; centered on the white band is a disk with blue and white wave pattern on the lower half and gold and white ray pattern on the upper half; a stylized red, blue and white ship rides on the wave pattern; the French flag is used for official occasions