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Leeward Islands

France

The Leeward Islands (French: îles Sous-le-Vent, pronounced [il sulv], lit.'Under-the-Wind Islands'; Tahitian: Fenua Raro Mata’i) are the western part of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France, in the South Pacific Ocean. They lie south of the Line Islands (part of Kiribati), east of the Cooks and north of the Austral Islands (also part of French Polynesia). Their area is around 404 km2 (156 sq mi) and their population is over 36,000.

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