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Tahiti (English: / t ə ˈ h iː t i / ⓘ; Tahitian, ; [2] [3] French:) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France. It is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and the nearest major landmass is the North Island of New Zealand .
Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean – the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Nauru. The terrain consists of a mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs. It is made up of six archipelagos. The largest and most populated island is Tahiti, in the Society ...
On 2 April 1768 [6] Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, completing the first French circumnavigation in La Boudeuse and Étoile, landed in Matavai Bay.He stayed about ten days on the island, which he called “Nouvelle-Cythère“, or "New Cythera", because of the warm welcome he had received and the sweetness of the Tahitian customs.
A map of Tetiʻaroa based on a map made in 1933. Tetiʻaroa is administratively part of the commune of Arue, whose main part is in the northeastern part of Tahiti.The atoll is located 53 kilometres (33 mi) north of Tahiti.
The commune of Hitiaʻa O Te Ra is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, [3] themselves part of the Society Islands. At the 2022 census it had a population of 10,196. [2] Hitiaʻa O Te Ra consists of the following associated communes: [4] Hitiaa; Mahaena; Papenoo; Tiarei
Arue is a commune in the suburbs of Papeete in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.Arue is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, [3] themselves part of the Society Islands.
Faʻaʻā is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, [3] themselves part of the Society Islands. At the 2022 census Faʻaʻā had a population of 29,826, making it the most populous commune on Tahiti and in French Polynesia. [2] Faʻaʻā has many mountains inland that can reach 1,500 m (5,000 ...
Pīraʻe is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, themselves part of the Society Islands. [3] It borders Papeʻete in the west and Arue in the east. At the 2022 census it had a population of 14,068. [2] The Stade Pater Te Hono Nui is a stadium located in the commune.