Society Islands
The Society Islands are an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean that includes the major islands of Tahiti, Moʻorea, Raiatea, Bora Bora and Huahine. Politically, they are part of French Polynesia, an overseas country of the French Republic.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Papeete and Bora Bora.
Papeete
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Papeete is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the French Republic in the Pacific Ocean. The commune of Papeʻetē is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, of which Papeʻetē is the administrative capital.
Bora Bora
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Bora Bora is a volcanic island in the Society Islands archipelago of French Polynesia. The Polynesian island in the South Pacific is ranked at the top of the list when it comes to most remarkably beautiful in the world. The best time to visit is May.
Moorea
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Moorea is an island in the Society Islands archipelago, a few kilometers off the northwest coast of Tahiti. If you are visiting French Polynesia on a budget, Moorea is the place to be. Moorea is like Tahiti but cheaper and less touristy.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Tahiti and Raiatea.
Tahiti
Tahiti lies in the South Pacific. It is the largest of the 118 islands and atolls that comprise French Polynesia. Tahiti is in the Society Islands, an archipelago which includes the islands of Bora Bora, Raiatea, Taha'a, Huahine and Moorea, and has a population of 190,000 people, about 83% of whom are of Polynesian ancestry.
Raiatea
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Raiatea is one of the Society Islands. Raiatea is unique among the Tahitian Islands. It and its little sister Tahaa are far removed from the more touristy islands like Moorea and Bora Bora.
Huahine
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Huahine is an island located among the Society Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the South Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Leeward Islands group. At the 2022 census it had a population of 6,263.
Maupiti
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Maupiti is an island in the western Leeward Islands in French Polynesia. It is the westernmost volcanic island in the archipelago, 315 kilometres northwest of Tahiti and 40 kilometres west of Bora Bora.
Society Islands
- Type: Island
- Description: archipelago of French Polynesia
- Also known as: “Archipel de Tahiti”, “Gesellschafts Inseln”, “Ostrová Óbshchestva”, and “Society Archipelago”
- Category: archipelago
- Location: French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Society Islands” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Geselskapseilande”
- Arabic: “جزر الجمعية”
- Armenian: “Ընկերության կղզիներ”
- Asturian: “Islles de la Sociedá”
- Azerbaijani: “Cəmiyyət adaları”
- Basque: “Sozietate uharteak”
- Belarusian: “Астравы Таварыства”
- Bosnian: “Društvena ostrva”
- Breton: “Enezeg ar Gevredigezh”
- Breton: “Inizi ar Gevredigezh”
- Bulgarian: “Дружествени острови”
- Catalan: “illes de la Societat”
- Catalan: “Illes de la Societat”
- Cebuano: “Society Islands”
- Chinese: “Société Kûn-tó”
- Chinese: “社会群岛”
- Chinese: “社會群島”
- Chinese: “索晒厄替群島”
- Croatian: “Archipel de la Société”
- Croatian: “Društveni otoci”
- Croatian: “Îles de la Société”
- Czech: “Îles de la Société”
- Czech: “Ostrovy Společnosti”
- Czech: “Society Islands”
- Czech: “Společenské ostrovy”
- Danish: “Selskabsøerne”
- Dutch: “Archipel de la Societe”
- Dutch: “Archipel de la Société”
- Dutch: “Genootschapseilanden”
- Esperanto: “Societa Insularo”
- Estonian: “Seltsisaared”
- Finnish: “Seurasaaret”
- Finnish: “Society Islands”
- French: “archipel de la Société”
- French: “Archipel de la Société”
- French: “Iles de la Societe”
- French: “Îles de la Société”
- Galician: “Illas da Sociedade”
- Georgian: “საზოგადოების კუნძულები”
- German: “Gesellschafts-Inseln”
- German: “Gesellschaftsinseln”
- German: “Iles de la Societe”
- German: “Îles de la Société”
- Greek: “Εταιρείας Νήσοι”
- Greek: “Νήσοι Σοσιετέ”
- Hebrew: “איי החברה”
- Hebrew: “איי סוסייטה”
- Hungarian: “Îles de la Société, Archipel de la Société”
- Hungarian: “Társaság-szigetek”
- Icelandic: “Félagseyjar”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Masyarakat”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Society”
- Italian: “Isole della Società”
- Japanese: “ソシエテ諸島”
- Kirghiz: “Коом аралдары”
- Korean: “소시에테 제도”
- Latin: “Insulae Societatis”
- Latvian: “Biedrības salas”
- Lithuanian: “Bendrijos salos”
- Lithuanian: “Draugijos salos”
- Lithuanian: “Visuomenės salos”
- Macedonian: “Друштвени Острови”
- Malay: “Kepulauan Masyarakat”
- Marathi: “सोसायटी द्वीपसमूह”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Société Kûn-tó”
- Northern Frisian: “Selskap Eilunen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Îles de la Société”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Selskapsøyene”
- Norwegian: “Selskapsøyene”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Illas de la Societat”
- Ossetian: “Æхсæнады сакъадæхтæ”
- Persian: “Society Islands”
- Persian: “جزایر انجمن”
- Polish: “Wyspy Towarzystwa”
- Portuguese: “Arquipélago da Sociedade”
- Portuguese: “História das ilhas da sociedade”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas da sociedade”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas da Sociedade”
- Romanian: “Arhipelagul societăţii”
- Romanian: “Arhipelagul Societății”
- Romanian: “Arhipeleagul Societăţii”
- Romanian: “Arhipeleagul Societății”
- Romanian: “Insulele Societăţii”
- Romanian: “Insulele Societății”
- Russian: “архипелаг Сообщества”
- Russian: “Общества острова”
- Russian: “острова Георга”
- Russian: “Острова Общества”
- Russian: “Острова Сообщества”
- Russian: “Острова Товарищества”
- Russian: “Товарищества острова”
- Scots: “Society Islands”
- Serbian: “Društvena ostrva”
- Serbian: “Друштвена острва”
- Serbian: “Друштвена Острва”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Društvena ostrva”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Društveni otoci”
- Slovak: “Îles de la Société”
- Slovak: “Ostrovy Spoločnosti”
- Slovak: “Spoločenské ostrovy”
- Slovenian: “Družbeni otoki”
- Slovenian: “Družbeno otočje”
- Spanish: “Iles de la Societe”
- Spanish: “Iles de la Societé”
- Spanish: “Îles de la Societe”
- Spanish: “Îles de la Societé”
- Spanish: “islas de la Sociedad”
- Spanish: “Islas de la Sociedad”
- Spanish: “Islas Sociedad”
- Spanish: “Mopelia”
- Swedish: “Sällskapsöarna”
- Swiss German: “Gsellschaftsinsle”
- Tahitian: “Tōtaiete mā”
- Tamil: “சொசைட்டி தீவுகள்”
- Tatar: “Җәмгыять утраулары”
- Thai: “Society Islands”
- Thai: “หมู่เกาะโซไซตี”
- Thai: “หมู่เกาะโซไซเอตี”
- Tosk Albanian: “Gesellschaftsinseln”
- Turkish: “Société Adaları”
- Turkish: “Society Adaları”
- Turkish: “Sosyete Adaları”
- Ukrainian: “Острови Суспільства”
- Ukrainian: “Острови Товариства”
- Ukrainian: “Товариства”
- Urdu: “جزائر سوسائٹی”
- Uzbek: “Jamiyat orollari”
- Uzbek: “Jamiyat Orollari”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Société”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Society”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kapuropod-an Sociètè”
- Welsh: “Ynysoedd Société”
- Western Frisian: “Genoatskipseilannen”
- Western Panjabi: “سوسائٹی جزیرے”
- Wu Chinese: “社会群岛”
- Yue Chinese: “社會群島”
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