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Originally Posted by flash110
Lol, it might be that for an argentinian, like me, it´s difficult to consider a far away territory part of the same country, besides, I don´t think that representation prevented france from blowing up mururoa with nuclear tests in the 90´s or from ignoring local languages.  |
Hawaii is located 7,800 km from Washington DC. In comparison, Martinique and Guadeloupe are only 6,800 km from Paris, and French Guiana is 7,100 km from Paris. Only Mayotte and Réunion are further from Paris, at 8,000 and 9,400 km respectively.
Distance doesn't matter, especially in this age of internet and mass aviation. In fact even in far-flung New Caledonia, which is 16,800 km from Paris, young people go to Paris to study at university level. There is much more integration between Metropolitan France and Overseas France than what people imagine.
As for nuclear tests, the US blew up atomic bombs in Nevada, and that doesn't make Nevada any less American for that.
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Originally Posted by flash110
by the way... is there a more updated figure for that 818,000 number??, it seems too rounded, or maybe it´s a final?
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It's rounded by less than 1,000. There is no other data for 2013. In 2014 the preliminary figure is 820,000.
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