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Puka-Puka
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thumb|right|Another NASA picture of Puka-Puka Puka-Puka is a small inhabited coral atoll in the north-eastern Tuamotu Archipelago, sometimes included as a member of the Disappointment Islands. This atoll is quite isolated, the nearest land being Fakahina, 182 km to the southwest.

Key facts

French commune.name
Puka Puka
French commune.commune status
Commune
French commune.image flag
Flag of Puka-Puka.gif
French commune.image
Puka Puka.JPG
French commune.caption
NASA picture of Puka-Puka Atoll
French commune.map
Puka Puka a les Tuamotu.png
French commune.map caption
Location (in red) within the Tuamotu Archipelago
French commune.administrative subdivision
Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
French commune.utc offset
−10:00
French commune.INSEE
98737
French commune.mayor
Raphaël Villant
French commune.term
2020–2026
French commune.elevation m
0
French commune.area km2
5
French commune.population
137
French commune.population date
2022

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Wikidata facts

Population
166
Area
2
Image
Puka Puka.JPG
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Commons category
Pukapuka (commune)
native label
Puka Puka
time of discovery or invention
1521-01-21
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thumb|right|Another NASA picture of Puka-Puka Puka-Puka is a small inhabited coral atoll in the north-eastern Tuamotu Archipelago, sometimes included as a member of the Disappointment Islands. This atoll is quite isolated, the nearest land being Fakahina, 182 km to the southwest.

Puka-Puka Atoll has an elliptical shape. Its length is 6 km and its maximum width 3.3 km. Its land area is about 5 km2. The lagoon is filled with silt and has become very small.

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