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class="mw-page-title-main">Tuamotus</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotu-Archipel" title="Tuamotu-Archipel – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Tuamotu-Archipel" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88" title="جزر تواموتو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جزر تواموتو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotu" title="Tuamotu – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Tuamotu" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotu_K%C3%BBn-t%C3%B3" title="Tuamotu Kûn-tó – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Tuamotu Kûn-tó" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%83" title="Туамоту – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Туамоту" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%83" title="Туамоту – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Туамоту" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotu" title="Tuamotu – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Tuamotu" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotu" title="Tuamotu – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Tuamotu" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%83" title="Туамоту – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Туамоту" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archipel_des_Tuamotu" title="Archipel des Tuamotu – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Archipel des Tuamotu" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotu" title="Tuamotu – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Tuamotu" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynysoedd_Tuamotu" title="Ynysoedd Tuamotu – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ynysoedd Tuamotu" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotu" title="Tuamotu – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Tuamotu" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotu-Archipel" title="Tuamotu-Archipel – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Tuamotu-Archipel" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotu_saared" title="Tuamotu saared – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Tuamotu saared" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A4%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85" title="Αρχιπέλαγος Τουαμότου – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αρχιπέλαγος Τουαμότου" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_Tuamotu" title="Islas Tuamotu – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Islas Tuamotu" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotuoj" title="Tuamotuoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Tuamotuoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotu" title="Tuamotu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Tuamotu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A2%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88" title="توآموتو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="توآموتو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Eles_Tuamotu" title="Îles Tuamotu – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Îles Tuamotu" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotu" title="Tuamotu – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Tuamotu" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%88%AC%EC%95%84%EB%AA%A8%ED%88%AC_%EC%A0%9C%EB%8F%84" title="투아모투 제도 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="투아모투 제도" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8F%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%B8%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82" title="Տուամոտու – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Տուամոտու" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotu" title="Tuamotu – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Tuamotu" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepulauan_Tuamotu" title="Kepulauan Tuamotu – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kepulauan Tuamotu" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BAam%C3%B3t%C3%BAeyjar" title="Túamótúeyjar – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Túamótúeyjar" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isole_Tuamotu" title="Isole Tuamotu – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Isole Tuamotu" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99_%D7%98%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%98%D7%95" title="איי טואמוטו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="איי טואמוטו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A3%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AB%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="ტუამოტუს კუნძულები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ტუამოტუს კუნძულები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%83" title="Туамоту – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Туамоту" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotu" title="Tuamotu – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Tuamotu" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%83" title="Туамоту – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Туамоту" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%83" title="Туамоту – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Туамоту" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotu" title="Tuamotu – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Tuamotu" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotu_salos" title="Tuamotu salos – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Tuamotu salos" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotu-szigetek" title="Tuamotu-szigetek – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Tuamotu-szigetek" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%83" title="Туамоту – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Туамоту" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%81_%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%82" title="ടൂവമോട്ടു ദ്വീപസമൂഹം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ടൂവമോട്ടു ദ്വീപസമൂഹം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepulauan_Tuamotu" title="Kepulauan Tuamotu – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kepulauan Tuamotu" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li 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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Archipelago in French Polynesia</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive 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solid}</style><table class="infobox ib-islands vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Tuamotu Islands</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="ib-islands-native">Native name: <div class="nickname">Îles Tuamotu (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>) / Tuamotus (<a href="/wiki/Tuamotuan_language" title="Tuamotuan language">Tuamotuan</a>) / Paumotus (<a href="/wiki/Tahitian_language" title="Tahitian language">Tahitian</a>)</div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Tuamotu_Archipelago.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Tuamotu_Archipelago.svg/260px-Flag_of_Tuamotu_Archipelago.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="173" class="mw-file-element" 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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tuamotus&params=18.75_S_141.76_W_type:isle"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">18°45′S</span> <span class="longitude">141°46′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">18.75°S 141.76°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-18.75; -141.76</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Archipelago</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Polynesia" title="Polynesia">Polynesia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total islands</th><td class="infobox-data">78</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Major islands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rangiroa" title="Rangiroa">Rangiroa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anaa" title="Anaa">Anaa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fakarava" title="Fakarava">Fakarava</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hao_(French_Polynesia)" title="Hao (French Polynesia)">Hao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Makemo" title="Makemo">Makemo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">850 km<sup>2</sup> (330 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b>France</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Overseas_collectivity" title="Overseas collectivity">Collectivity</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest settlement</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rangiroa" title="Rangiroa">Rangiroa</a> (pop. 2,709 (2017<sup id="cite_ref-census_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>))</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">15,346 (2017<sup id="cite_ref-census_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pop. density</th><td class="infobox-data">18/km<sup>2</sup> (47/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tuamotuan_language" title="Tuamotuan language">Tuamotuan</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Additional information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/UTC-10" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-10">UTC-10</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Tuamotu Archipelago</b><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or the <b>Tuamotu Islands</b><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Îles Tuamotu</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> officially <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Archipel des Tuamotu</i></span>) are a <a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesian</a> chain of just under 80 <a href="/wiki/Island" title="Island">islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Atoll" title="Atoll">atolls</a> in the southern <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>. They constitute the largest chain of atolls in the world, extending (from northwest to southeast) over an area roughly the size of <a href="/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western Europe</a>. Their combined land area is 850 square kilometres (328 square miles). This <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelago</a>'s major islands are <a href="/wiki/Anaa" title="Anaa">Anaa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fakarava" title="Fakarava">Fakarava</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hao_(French_Polynesia)" title="Hao (French Polynesia)">Hao</a> and <a href="/wiki/Makemo" title="Makemo">Makemo</a>. </p><p>The Tuamotus have approximately 16,000 inhabitants. The islands were initially settled by <a href="/wiki/Polynesians" title="Polynesians">Polynesians</a>, and modern Tuamotuans have inherited from them a shared <a href="/wiki/Polynesian_culture" title="Polynesian culture">culture</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tuamotuan_language" title="Tuamotuan language">Tuamotuan language</a>. </p><p>The Tuamotus are a <a href="/wiki/Overseas_collectivity" title="Overseas collectivity">French overseas collectivity</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuamotus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The early history of the Tuamotu islands is generally unknown. Archaeological findings suggest that the western Tuamotus were settled from the <a href="/wiki/Society_Islands" title="Society Islands">Society Islands</a> as early as 900 CE or as late as 1200 CE.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> DNA evidence suggests that they were settled about 1110 CE.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the islands of <a href="/wiki/Rangiroa" title="Rangiroa">Rangiroa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manihi" title="Manihi">Manihi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mataiva" title="Mataiva">Mataiva</a>, there are flat ceremonial platforms (called <i><a href="/wiki/Marae" title="Marae">marae</a></i>) made of coral blocks, although their exact age is unknown. </p><p>The first known European encounter with the Tuamotus was with the Portuguese sailor <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan" title="Ferdinand Magellan">Ferdinand Magellan</a>, during his <a href="/wiki/Magellan_expedition" title="Magellan expedition">circumglobal voyage</a> in 1521. His encounter was followed by visits from several other Europeans, including: </p> <ul><li>Portuguese sailor <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Fernandes_de_Queir%C3%B3s" title="Pedro Fernandes de Queirós">Pedro Fernandes de Queirós</a> in 1606;</li> <li>Dutch mariners <a href="/wiki/Willem_Schouten" title="Willem Schouten">Willem Schouten</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Le_Maire" title="Jacob Le Maire">Jacob Le Maire</a> in 1616;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Roggeveen" title="Jacob Roggeveen">Jacob Roggeveen</a> (who also first sighted <a href="/wiki/Easter_Island" title="Easter Island">Easter Island</a>) in 1722;<sup id="cite_ref-Anne_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anne-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Byron" title="John Byron">John Byron</a> in 1765;<sup id="cite_ref-Anne_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anne-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 37">: 37 </span></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Antoine_de_Bougainville" title="Louis Antoine de Bougainville">Louis Antoine de Bougainville</a> in 1768;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">James Cook</a> during his first voyage in 1769;</li> <li>Spanish navigator <a href="/wiki/Domingo_de_Bonechea" title="Domingo de Bonechea">Domingo de Bonechea</a> in 1774 and</li> <li>Russian expedition of <a href="/wiki/Otto_von_Kotzebue" title="Otto von Kotzebue">Otto von Kotzebue</a> in 1815.</li></ul> <p>None of these visits were of political consequence, as the islands were within the sphere of influence of the <a href="/wiki/P%C5%8Dmare_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Pōmare Dynasty">Pōmare Dynasty</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tahiti" title="Tahiti">Tahiti</a>. </p><p>The first Christian <a href="/wiki/Missionary" title="Missionary">missionaries</a> arrived in the islands at the beginning of the 19th century. By the late 19th century, traders had begun offering <a href="/wiki/Pearl" title="Pearl">pearls</a> from the islands for sale in Europe, and they became coveted possessions there. France forced the abdication of King <a href="/wiki/P%C5%8Dmare_V" title="Pōmare V">Pōmare V</a> of Tahiti and claimed the islands, but did not formally annex them. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson" title="Robert Louis Stevenson">Robert Louis Stevenson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fanny_Stevenson" title="Fanny Stevenson">Fanny Stevenson</a> travelled among the Tuamotus (then called the Paumotus) on the yacht <i>Casco</i> in 1888; an account of their journey was published as <i>In the South Seas</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jack_London" title="Jack London">Jack London</a> wrote a story, "<a href="/wiki/The_Seed_of_McCoy" class="mw-redirect" title="The Seed of McCoy">The Seed of McCoy</a>", based on an incident in 1900 in which a burning ship, the <i>Pyrenees</i>, had been safely beached on <a href="/wiki/Mangareva" title="Mangareva">Mangareva</a>. In the story, London has the ship sail past Mangareva and all through the Tuamotus before beaching on <a href="/wiki/Fakarava" title="Fakarava">Fakarava</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Tuamotus made headlines around the world in 1947, when the Norwegian ethnographer <a href="/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl" title="Thor Heyerdahl">Thor Heyerdahl</a>, sailing from South America with a crew of five others, reached <a href="/wiki/Raroia" title="Raroia">Raroia</a> on his raft <i><a href="/wiki/Kon-Tiki_expedition" title="Kon-Tiki expedition">Kon-Tiki</a></i>. The islands were in the news again somewhat later, when France conducted <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_testing" title="Nuclear weapons testing">nuclear weapons testing</a> on the atolls of <a href="/wiki/Moruroa" title="Moruroa">Moruroa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fangataufa" title="Fangataufa">Fangataufa</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuamotus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Karta_FP_Tuamotus_isl.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Karta_FP_Tuamotus_isl.PNG/390px-Karta_FP_Tuamotus_isl.PNG" decoding="async" width="390" height="268" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Karta_FP_Tuamotus_isl.PNG/585px-Karta_FP_Tuamotus_isl.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Karta_FP_Tuamotus_isl.PNG/780px-Karta_FP_Tuamotus_isl.PNG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="550" /></a><figcaption>Map of Tuamotus</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a> is a semi-autonomous island group designated as an <a href="/wiki/Overseas_country_of_France" title="Overseas country of France">overseas country</a> of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. The Tuamotus combine with the <a href="/wiki/Gambier_Islands" title="Gambier Islands">Gambier Islands</a> to form the <i><a href="/wiki/%C3%8Eles_Tuamotu-Gambier" title="Îles Tuamotu-Gambier">Îles Tuamotu-Gambier</a></i> which is one of the five <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_French_Polynesia" title="Administrative divisions of French Polynesia">administrative divisions of French Polynesia</a>. </p><p>The Tuamotus are grouped into sixteen <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_France" title="Communes of France">communes</a>: <a href="/wiki/Anaa" title="Anaa">Anaa</a>; <a href="/wiki/Arutua" title="Arutua">Arutua</a>; <a href="/wiki/Fakarava" title="Fakarava">Fakarava</a>; <a href="/wiki/Fangatau" title="Fangatau">Fangatau</a>; <a href="/wiki/Hao_(French_Polynesia)" title="Hao (French Polynesia)">Hao</a>; <a href="/wiki/Hikueru" title="Hikueru">Hikueru</a>; <a href="/wiki/Makemo" title="Makemo">Makemo</a>; <a href="/wiki/Manihi" title="Manihi">Manihi</a>; <a href="/wiki/Napuka" title="Napuka">Napuka</a>; <a href="/wiki/Nukutavake" title="Nukutavake">Nukutavake</a>; <a href="/wiki/Puka-Puka" title="Puka-Puka">Puka Puka</a>; <a href="/wiki/Rangiroa" title="Rangiroa">Rangiroa</a>; <a href="/wiki/Reao" title="Reao">Reao</a>; <a href="/wiki/Takaroa" title="Takaroa">Takaroa</a>; <a href="/wiki/Tatakoto" title="Tatakoto">Tatakoto</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Tureia" title="Tureia">Tureia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electoral_divisions">Electoral divisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuamotus&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Electoral divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Archipel_des_Tuamotu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Archipel_des_Tuamotu.jpg/220px-Archipel_des_Tuamotu.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Archipel_des_Tuamotu.jpg/330px-Archipel_des_Tuamotu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Archipel_des_Tuamotu.jpg/440px-Archipel_des_Tuamotu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4400" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Satellite image of Tuamotus</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TuamotuPearlFarm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/TuamotuPearlFarm.jpg/220px-TuamotuPearlFarm.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/TuamotuPearlFarm.jpg/330px-TuamotuPearlFarm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/TuamotuPearlFarm.jpg/440px-TuamotuPearlFarm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>Pearl farm in the Tuamotus</figcaption></figure> <p>The communes on Tuamotu are part of two different electoral districts (<i>circonscriptions électorales</i>) represented in the <a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_French_Polynesia" title="Assembly of French Polynesia">Assembly of French Polynesia</a>. The electoral district called <i>Îles Gambier et Tuamotu Est</i> comprises the commune of Gambier and eleven communes in eastern Tuamotu: Anaa, Fangatau, Hao, Hikueru, Makemo, Napuka, Nukutavake, Pukapuka, Reao, Tatakoto, and Tureia. The other five communes in western Tuamotu – Arutua, Fakarava, Manihi, Rangiroa, and Takaroa – form the electoral district called <i>Îles Tuamotu Ouest</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuamotus&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite the vast spread of the archipelago, it covers a total land area of only about 885 square kilometres (342 sq mi). The climate is a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_Warm_Pool" title="Tropical Warm Pool">warm tropical</a> one, without sharply distinct seasons. The average annual temperature is a relatively continuous 26 °C (79 °F). Water sources such as lakes or rivers are absent, leaving catchments of rain as the only source of fresh water. The annual average rainfall is 1,400 millimetres (55 in). Although average rainfall is lowest in September and November, it does not vary markedly throughout the year. </p><p>The archipelago is geologically highly stable, because it was created by the action of the <a href="/wiki/Easter_Fracture_Zone" title="Easter Fracture Zone">Easter Fracture Zone</a>, which is only weakly active. There have been no volcanic eruptions during recorded history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuamotus&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tuamotu_9612a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Tuamotu_9612a.jpg/220px-Tuamotu_9612a.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Tuamotu_9612a.jpg/330px-Tuamotu_9612a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Tuamotu_9612a.jpg/440px-Tuamotu_9612a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3409" data-file-height="2218" /></a><figcaption>Coconut palms, <a href="/wiki/Takapoto" title="Takapoto">Takapoto</a></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tuamotu_tropical_moist_forests" title="Tuamotu tropical moist forests">Tuamotu tropical moist forests</a></div> <p>The sparse soil of the coral islands does not support diverse vegetation. The <a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">coconut</a> palm, which is the basis of <a href="/wiki/Copra" title="Copra">copra</a> production, is of special economic importance. On a few of the islands, <a href="/wiki/Vanilla" title="Vanilla">vanilla</a> is also cultivated. Agriculture is generally otherwise limited to simple subsistence. Fruit and vegetable staples include <a href="/wiki/Yam_(vegetable)" title="Yam (vegetable)">yams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taro" title="Taro">taro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Breadfruit" title="Breadfruit">breadfruit</a>, and a wide range of tropical fruit. <a href="/wiki/Pandanus" title="Pandanus">Pandanus</a> leaves are traditionally woven together to make mats, hats, and roof <a href="/wiki/Thatch" class="mw-redirect" title="Thatch">thatches</a>. However, many of the roofs nowadays are made of corrugated sheet-metal.There are also mangrove forests in sheltered areas, though its less common around coral atolls. </p><p>The species-rich reefs are home to a diverse range of underwater fauna. The surface creatures are primarily <a href="/wiki/Seabird" title="Seabird">seabirds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Insect" title="Insect">insects</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lizard" title="Lizard">lizards</a>. The Tuamotus have <a href="/wiki/List_of_birds_of_the_Tuamotus" title="List of birds of the Tuamotus">86 species of birds</a>, ten of which are <a href="/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Tuamotu_kingfisher" title="Tuamotu kingfisher">Tuamotu kingfisher</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tuamotu_reed_warbler" title="Tuamotu reed warbler">Tuamotu reed warbler</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Tuamotu_sandpiper" title="Tuamotu sandpiper">Tuamotu sandpiper</a>. Thirteen species are globally threatened, and one has gone extinct.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geology">Geology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuamotus&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All of the islands of the Tuamotus are coral "low islands": essentially high sand bars built upon coral <a href="/wiki/Reef" title="Reef">reefs</a>. <a href="/wiki/Makatea" title="Makatea">Makatea</a>, southwest of the Palliser Islands, is one of three great <a href="/wiki/Phosphate" title="Phosphate">phosphate</a> rocks in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>. (The others are <a href="/wiki/Banaba_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Banaba Island">Banaba</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kiribati" title="Kiribati">Kiribati</a>, and the island nation of <a href="/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru">Nauru</a>.) Although the <a href="/wiki/Gambier_Islands" title="Gambier Islands">Gambier Islands</a> are <a href="/wiki/Geography" title="Geography">geographically</a> part of the Tuamotus because they lie at the southeastern extreme of the <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelago</a>, they are <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geologically</a> and <a href="/wiki/Culture" title="Culture">culturally</a> distinct. </p><p>The ring-shaped atoll <a href="/wiki/Taiaro" title="Taiaro">Taiaro</a>, which lies in the northwestern portion of the archipelago, is a rare example of a coral reef that has a fully enclosed lagoon. Taiaro has been officially designated a <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/Biosphere_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Biosphere reserve">biosphere reserve</a> since 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Island_groups">Island groups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuamotus&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Island groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Tuamotu archipelago consists of eight groups of small islands and atolls: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Disappointment_Islands" title="Disappointment Islands">Disappointment Islands</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Napuka" title="Napuka">Napuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puka-Puka" title="Puka-Puka">Puka-Puka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tepoto_(North)" title="Tepoto (North)">Tepoto (North)</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tepoto_Nord" class="mw-redirect" title="Tepoto Nord">Tepoto Nord</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Gloucester_Islands" title="Duke of Gloucester Islands">Duke of Gloucester Islands</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anuanuraro" title="Anuanuraro">Anuanuraro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuanurunga" title="Anuanurunga">Anuanurunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hereheretue" title="Hereheretue">Hereheretue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nukutepipi" title="Nukutepipi">Nukutepipi</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_East_Tuamotu_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Far East Tuamotu Group (page does not exist)">Far East Tuamotu Group</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akiaki" title="Akiaki">Akiaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fakahina" title="Fakahina">Fakahina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fangatau" title="Fangatau">Fangatau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fangataufa" title="Fangataufa">Fangataufa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moruroa" title="Moruroa">Moruroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nukutavake" title="Nukutavake">Nukutavake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinaki_(island)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinaki (island)">Pinaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pukarua" title="Pukarua">Pukarua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reao" title="Reao">Reao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatakoto" title="Tatakoto">Tatakoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tematangi" class="mw-redirect" title="Tematangi">Tematangi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tureia" title="Tureia">Tureia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vahitahi" title="Vahitahi">Vahitahi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vairaatea" title="Vairaatea">Vairaatea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanavana" title="Vanavana">Vanavana</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hao_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hao Group (page does not exist)">Hao Group</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahunui" title="Ahunui">Ahunui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amanu" title="Amanu">Amanu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hao_(French_Polynesia)" title="Hao (French Polynesia)">Hao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuhangi" title="Manuhangi">Manuhangi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nengonengo" title="Nengonengo">Nengonengo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraoa" title="Paraoa">Paraoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rekareka" title="Rekareka">Rekareka</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tehuata" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehuata">Tehuata</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tauere" title="Tauere">Tauere</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikueru_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hikueru Group (page does not exist)">Hikueru Group</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hikueru" title="Hikueru">Hikueru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marokau" title="Marokau">Marokau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravahere" title="Ravahere">Ravahere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reitoru" title="Reitoru">Reitoru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tekokota" title="Tekokota">Tekokota</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/King_George_Islands" title="King George Islands">King George Islands</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahe" title="Ahe">Ahe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manihi" title="Manihi">Manihi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takaroa" title="Takaroa">Takaroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takapoto" title="Takapoto">Takapoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tikei" title="Tikei">Tikei</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Palliser_Islands" title="Palliser Islands">Palliser Islands</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arutua" title="Arutua">Arutua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apataki" title="Apataki">Apataki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avatika" title="Avatika">Avatika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fakarava" title="Fakarava">Fakarava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaukura" title="Kaukura">Kaukura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makatea" title="Makatea">Makatea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mataiva" title="Mataiva">Mataiva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niau" title="Niau">Niau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangiroa" title="Rangiroa">Rangiroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toau" title="Toau">Toau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tikehau" title="Tikehau">Tikehau</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Raeffsky_Islands" title="Raeffsky Islands">Raeffsky Islands</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anaa" title="Anaa">Anaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aratika" title="Aratika">Aratika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faaite" title="Faaite">Faaite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haraiki" title="Haraiki">Haraiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiti" title="Hiti">Hiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katiu" title="Katiu">Katiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kauehi" title="Kauehi">Kauehi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makemo" title="Makemo">Makemo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marutea_Nord" title="Marutea Nord">Marutea Nord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motutunga" title="Motutunga">Motutunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nihiru" title="Nihiru">Nihiru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raraka" title="Raraka">Raraka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raroia" title="Raroia">Raroia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taenga" title="Taenga">Taenga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tahanea" title="Tahanea">Tahanea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiaro" title="Taiaro">Taiaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takume" title="Takume">Takume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tepoto_(South)" title="Tepoto (South)">Tepoto (South)</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tepoto_Sud" class="mw-redirect" title="Tepoto Sud">Tepoto Sud</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuanake" title="Tuanake">Tuanake</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>Related island groups include: </p> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Gambier_Islands" title="Gambier Islands">Gambier Group</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Akamaru_Island" title="Akamaru Island">Akamaru</a>; <a href="/wiki/Angakauitai" title="Angakauitai">Angakauitai</a>; <a href="/wiki/Aukena" title="Aukena">Aukena</a>; <a href="/wiki/Kamaka_(island)" title="Kamaka (island)">Kamaka</a>; <a href="/wiki/Kouaku" title="Kouaku">Kouaku</a>; <a href="/wiki/Makapu" title="Makapu">Makapu</a>; <a href="/wiki/Makaroa" title="Makaroa">Makaroa</a>; <a href="/wiki/Mangareva" title="Mangareva">Mangareva</a>; <a href="/wiki/Manui" title="Manui">Manui</a>; <a href="/wiki/Mekiro" title="Mekiro">Mekiro</a>; <a href="/wiki/Papuri_Island" title="Papuri Island">Papuri</a>; <a href="/wiki/Puaumu" title="Puaumu">Puaumu</a>; <a href="/wiki/Taravai" title="Taravai">Taravai</a>; <a href="/wiki/Tokorua" title="Tokorua">Tokorua</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Totengengie" class="mw-redirect" title="Totengengie">Totengengie</a>.</li> <li>The <b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outer_Gambier_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Outer Gambier Group (page does not exist)">Outer Gambier Group</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Marutea_Sud" title="Marutea Sud">Marutea Sud</a>; <a href="/wiki/Maria_Est" title="Maria Est">Maria Est</a>; <a href="/wiki/Morane_(French_Polynesia)" title="Morane (French Polynesia)">Morane</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Temoe" title="Temoe">Temoe</a>.</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Acteon_Group" title="Acteon Group">Acteon Group</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Matureivavao" title="Matureivavao">Matureivavao</a>; <a href="/wiki/Tenararo" title="Tenararo">Tenararo</a>; <a href="/wiki/Tenarunga" title="Tenarunga">Tenarunga</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Vahanga" title="Vahanga">Vahanga</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuamotus&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A little more than fifty atolls are permanently populated; the rest are occupied only sporadically, during the copra harvesting season or as a base for fishing expeditions. The population has grown in the last years due to the fishing boom in the northern part and the extraction of pearls, especially black pearls, in the west and in the center. In any case, most of the inhabitants practice subsistence agriculture. </p><p>In the 2007 census, there were 15,510 inhabitants in the Tuamotu Islands, a population density of 18 <a href="/wiki/Inhabitants" class="mw-redirect" title="Inhabitants">inhabitants</a>/km<sup>2</sup>. The population was 14,876 in 2002 and 8,100 in 1983. In 2002, 769 inhabitants lived within 400 km of the islands of Moruroa and Fangataufa (former nuclear test base). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rangiroa_Church.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Rangiroa_Church.jpg/170px-Rangiroa_Church.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Rangiroa_Church.jpg/255px-Rangiroa_Church.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Rangiroa_Church.jpg/340px-Rangiroa_Church.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="5184" /></a><figcaption>Our Lady of Peace Church (<i>Église Notre-Dame-de-Paix de Tiputa</i>), Rangiroa</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuamotus&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The official language of the archipelago is <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>. However, the <a href="/wiki/Tuamotuan_language" title="Tuamotuan language">Tuamotu language</a>, Pa'umotu, is recognized as a regional language of the French Republic. In the Gambier Islands, <a href="/wiki/Mangarevan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangarevan">Mangarevan</a> is spoken, while in Puka Puka a Marquesan dialect is used. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuamotus&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The majority of the population is Christian, including members of the Catholic Church and various Protestant groups. The Catholic Church administers 42 churches<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on the islands under the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Papeete.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1833, the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> divided the Pacific into two <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_vicariate" title="Apostolic vicariate">apostolic vicariates</a>: Western Oceania fell to the Marists and Eastern Oceania-which included the Tuamots, Hawaii, Tahiti, the Marquesas and the Cook Islands-was the responsibility of the Picpus missionaries. In 1834, the French Fathers Honoré Laval and François d'Assise Caret arrived in Mangareva. </p><p>First with the acquiescence and then with the active support of the island chiefs, the Picpusians embarked on an extensive development program for the Gambier Islands. This included the introduction of cotton cultivation, pearl and mother-of-pearl fishing, and the establishment of plantations and orchards. As they were very successful, their missionary activities gradually spread to the other islands of the Tuamotu archipelago. With the missionary work, news of the islands' wealth in pearls also reached Europe, making them a coveted destination for European traders and adventurers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuamotus&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The islands' economy is predominantly based on <a href="/wiki/Subsistence_agriculture" title="Subsistence agriculture">subsistence agriculture</a>. The most important sources of additional income are the cultivation of <a href="/wiki/Tahitian_pearl" title="Tahitian pearl">black pearls</a> and the preparation of <a href="/wiki/Copra" title="Copra">copra</a>. <a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">Tourism</a>-related income remains meager, especially compared to the income generated by tourism in the neighboring <a href="/wiki/Society_Islands" title="Society Islands">Society Islands</a>. Modest tourism infrastructure is found on the atolls of <a href="/wiki/Rangiroa" title="Rangiroa">Rangiroa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manihi" title="Manihi">Manihi</a>, which offer recreational <a href="/wiki/Scuba_diving" title="Scuba diving">scuba diving</a> and <a href="/wiki/Snorkeling" title="Snorkeling">snorkeling</a> destinations. </p><p>The inhabitants of Tuamotu produce 75% of the copra of French Polynesia. It is a subsidized family activity and the only resource of the atolls farthest from the center and east. </p><p>Fishing is a major activity in the atolls closest to Tahiti (Rangiroa, Arutua, Apataki), which supply the central market of Papeete. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuamotus&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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title="Education in French Polynesia">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_French_Polynesia" title="Flag of French Polynesia">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Languages_of_French_Polynesia" title="Category:Languages of French Polynesia">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_French_Polynesia" title="Music of French Polynesia">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Tahiti_Nui" title="Order of Tahiti Nui">Order of Tahiti Nui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polynesian_mythology" title="Polynesian mythology">Mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polynesians" title="Polynesians">Polynesians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Religion_in_French_Polynesia" title="Category:Religion in French Polynesia">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Sport_in_French_Polynesia" title="Category:Sport in French Polynesia">Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" 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style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="4"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Tuamotus" title="Template:Tuamotus"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Tuamotus" title="Template talk:Tuamotus"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Tuamotus" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Tuamotus"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Tuamotu_Archipelago_and_Gambier_Islands_of_French_Polynesia" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Tuamotu Archipelago</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gambier_Islands" title="Gambier Islands">Gambier Islands</a> of <a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 2px 0 0"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Tuamotu_Archipelago.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Tuamotu Islands"><img alt="Flag of the Tuamotu Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Tuamotu_Archipelago.svg/50px-Flag_of_Tuamotu_Archipelago.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Tuamotu_Archipelago.svg/75px-Flag_of_Tuamotu_Archipelago.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Tuamotu_Archipelago.svg/100px-Flag_of_Tuamotu_Archipelago.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span><br />Tuamotus<br /><br /><span class="mw-image-border" 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colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahe" title="Ahe">Ahe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahunui" title="Ahunui">Ahunui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akamaru_Island" title="Akamaru Island">Akamaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akiaki" title="Akiaki">Akiaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amanu" title="Amanu">Amanu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anaa" title="Anaa">Anaa</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angakauitai" title="Angakauitai">Angakauitai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuanuraro" title="Anuanuraro">Anuanuraro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuanurunga" title="Anuanurunga">Anuanurunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apataki" title="Apataki">Apataki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aratika" title="Aratika">Aratika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arutua" title="Arutua">Arutua</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aukena" title="Aukena">Aukena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faaite" title="Faaite">Faaite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fakahina" title="Fakahina">Fakahina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fakarava" title="Fakarava">Fakarava</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fangatau" title="Fangatau">Fangatau</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fangataufa" title="Fangataufa">Fangataufa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hao_(French_Polynesia)" title="Hao (French Polynesia)">Hao</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haraiki" title="Haraiki">Haraiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hereheretue" title="Hereheretue">Hereheretue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikueru" title="Hikueru">Hikueru</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiti" title="Hiti">Hiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamaka_(island)" title="Kamaka (island)">Kamaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katiu" title="Katiu">Katiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kauehi" title="Kauehi">Kauehi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaukura" title="Kaukura">Kaukura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kouaku" title="Kouaku">Kouaku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makapu" title="Makapu">Makapu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makaroa" title="Makaroa">Makaroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makatea" title="Makatea">Makatea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makemo" title="Makemo">Makemo</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangareva" title="Mangareva">Mangareva</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manihi" title="Manihi">Manihi</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuhangi" title="Manuhangi">Manuhangi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manui" title="Manui">Manui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Est" title="Maria Est">Maria Est</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marokau" title="Marokau">Marokau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marutea_Nord" title="Marutea Nord">Marutea Nord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marutea_Sud" title="Marutea Sud">Marutea Sud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mataiva" title="Mataiva">Mataiva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matureivavao" title="Matureivavao">Matureivavao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morane_(French_Polynesia)" title="Morane (French Polynesia)">Morane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moruroa" title="Moruroa">Moruroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motutunga" title="Motutunga">Motutunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Napuka" title="Napuka">Napuka</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nengonengo" title="Nengonengo">Nengonengo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niau" title="Niau">Niau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nihiru" title="Nihiru">Nihiru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nukutavake" title="Nukutavake">Nukutavake</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nukutepipi" title="Nukutepipi">Nukutepipi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papuri_Island" title="Papuri Island">Papuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraoa" title="Paraoa">Paraoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puaumu" title="Puaumu">Puaumu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinaki_(French_Polynesia)" title="Pinaki (French Polynesia)">Pinaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puka-Puka" title="Puka-Puka">Puka Puka</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pukarua" title="Pukarua">Pukarua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangiroa" title="Rangiroa">Rangiroa</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raraka" title="Raraka">Raraka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raroia" title="Raroia">Raroia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravahere" title="Ravahere">Ravahere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reao" title="Reao">Reao</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reitoru" title="Reitoru">Reitoru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rekareka" title="Rekareka">Rekareka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taenga" title="Taenga">Taenga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tahanea" title="Tahanea">Tahanea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiaro" title="Taiaro">Taiaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takapoto" title="Takapoto">Takapoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takaroa" title="Takaroa">Takaroa</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takume" title="Takume">Takume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taravai" title="Taravai">Taravai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatakoto" title="Tatakoto">Tatakoto</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tauere" title="Tauere">Tauere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tekokota" title="Tekokota">Tekokota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tematagi" title="Tematagi">Tematagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temoe" title="Temoe">Temoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenararo" title="Tenararo">Tenararo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenarunga" title="Tenarunga">Tenarunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tepoto_(North)" title="Tepoto (North)">Tepoto (North)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tepoto_(South)" title="Tepoto (South)">Tepoto (South)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tikehau" title="Tikehau">Tikehau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tikei" title="Tikei">Tikei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toau" title="Toau">Toau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokorua" title="Tokorua">Tokorua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Totegegie" class="mw-redirect" title="Totegegie">Totegegie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuanake" title="Tuanake">Tuanake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tureia" title="Tureia">Tureia</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vahanga" title="Vahanga">Vahanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vahitahi" title="Vahitahi">Vahitahi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vairaatea" title="Vairaatea">Vairaatea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanavana" title="Vanavana">Vanavana</a></li></ul> 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Islands">Raeffsky</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="4"><div> <ul><li><i>Archipelagos of French Polynesia:</i> <a href="/wiki/Austral_Islands" title="Austral Islands">Australs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambier_Islands" title="Gambier Islands">Gambiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marquesas_Islands" title="Marquesas Islands">Marquesas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_Islands" title="Society Islands">Societies</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Tuamotus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Polynesia" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Polynesia" title="Template:Polynesia"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Polynesia" title="Template talk:Polynesia"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Polynesia" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Polynesia"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Polynesia" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Polynesia" title="Polynesia">Polynesia</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Polynesian_Triangle" title="Polynesian Triangle">Polynesian triangle</a></th><td 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