Where is Bora Bora on the map

On our planet there are numerous tourist areas, characterized by being paradises where many people want to go on vacation because of its beaches or because of the lack of pollution. Many of these paradisiacal islands They are in difficult places to know when they are in the middle of the ocean, and to know one of these in this lesson from a TEACHER we are going to talk about where is Bora Bora on the map.

Bora Bora it is one of the many islands that make up the so-called leeward islands which, in turn, are considered the western archipelago of the Society islands, which are an archipelago that inhabits the so-called French polynesia, being a set of overseas possessions of France that are in the south of the Pacific Ocean. Most regions of French Polynesia with dependent regions of France, therefore being states without total autonomy and being administered remotely by the French metropolis in a kind of modern colony.

Although speaking of Bora Bora we refer to the central island which is the largest,

We must also bear in mind that the small elongated islands full of vegetation that are called motus and that are around.

Bora Bora is therefore part of the so-called French Polynesia, being to the northwest of the largest island in the area, Tahiti, the closest area being the important Tahitian city of Papeete. We cannot speak of any other region that helps us to demarcate the situation of Bora Bora, since its distance from the rest of the islands it is a key element to understand its history away from other cultures. We can say that if most of the islands of French Polynesia are located east of Bora Bora, being the most eastern island of the region.

Regarding its location in reference to the continental division, we can place it as a Oceania region, French Polynesia being one of the dependent territories that make up Oceania, being dependent on France. Regarding its position within the subdivisions of Oceania we can speak of it as a dependency of Polynesia, this being a subregion made up of numerous islands among which Samoa, Tuvalu or Hawaii.

The origin of the history of Bora Bora can be found in a legend of the region, which says that the island was extracted from the ocean itself, originating its name from there, since its name pronounced Pora Pora means in the dialect of the area "born first", being according to the legend the first island extracted from the ocean.

Regarding its colonization, the sources do not assure us anything, but in principle it seems that it was one of the first colonized islands in Polynesia, its first inhabitants coming from the nearby islands of Samoa and Tonga.

From its birth until the 18th century the island was characterized by two conflicts, one internal and one external. The internal struggle was about the two great clans that inhabited the island, differentiated because each one believed in a different deity, causing religious differences between both sides. On the other hand, the external conflict was the constant clashes between Bora Bora and its neighbor Raiatea, existing a kind of rivalry between both islands.

With the arrival of the Dutch and English in the 18th century the island changed a lot, embracing the Protestant religion and starting great wars between the leaders of the native religion and those who had converted to that brought by Europeans. Finally in 1888 the island lost its independence, when Queen Teriimaevarua abdicated in favor of the French who had occupied the island, becoming a colony of France.

The island, now a colony, had great importance in WWII, being chosen by the United States as a base to store part of its military supply. Although not a single battle was ever fought on the island itself, serving only as support for the United States.

After the war, the inhabitants of Bora Bora received the French citizenship and in recent years they have begun a process of opening up to the world that has made it a very touristy place.

To end this lesson on where is Bora Bora on the map, we need to talk about the main features of the island and, thus, learn more interesting facts about its existence. The main characteristics of Bora Bora are the following:

• His name can be translated as "First born" or as "created by the gods"
• Is a atoll island, being a kind of islet with a circular shape with a larger island in its center.
• Its population is about 8800 inhabitants.
• Its surface is 29.3 km2, so the population density is 300 inhabitants per square kilometer.
• The capital of the island is the city of Vaitape.
• The island is almost entirely dependent on the foreign tourism, being one of the most visited paradise islands in the world.
• The official languages ​​of the island are the Tahitian and French, although the majority of the population also speaks English.
• The climate of the region is tropical maritime.
• The highest point of the island is Mount Otemanu with 727 meters above sea level.