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Originally called the Tahiti islands this group of islands came to be known as French Polynesia after it came under French possession.

French Polynesia Flag
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As such the official flag of the islands was the French tricolor , but of late after
gaining an autonomous status the country has adopted a flag of its own but rules say that along with this flag the tricolor also needs to be hoisted.

The autonomous flag of French Polynesia has a canoe sailing under the brilliance of a golden sun against the backdrop of a red and white stripes.The canoe is encircled by a white circle which supposedly represents French Polynesia.

And is being rowed by a crewcomprising of 5 boatmen each of represents the 5 islands chains of Austral, Gambier, Marquesas, Society and Tuamotu respectively.