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Raiatea
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Raiātea or Raiatea (Tahitian: Raiātea) is the second largest of the Society Islands, after Tahiti, in French Polynesia, in the South Pacific Ocean. The island is widely regarded as the "centre" of the eastern islands in ancient Polynesia and it is likely that the organised migrations to the Hawaiian Islands, and other parts of East Polynesia, started at Raiātea.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Raiatea is referenced by 367 other articles, and connects out to Tahaa, New Zealand and geography.
The entry is geolocated on the map in isle_scale, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Interlanguage link template existing link, Islands of the Society Islands and Raiatea.
Its subject is documented across 41 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Islands.area_km2
- 167.7
- Islands.name
- Raiatea
- Islands.image_name
- borabora Tahaa Raiatea.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- The islands of Bora Bora (top) Tahaa (middle) and Raiatea (bottom). Tahaa and Raiatea share the same lagoon.
- Islands.image_size
- 200px
- Islands.map_image
- Karta FP Societe isl.PNG
- Islands.native_name
- Raiātea
- Islands.native_name_link
- Tahitian language
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Society Islands
- Islands.major_islands
- Raiatea
- Islands.highest_mount
- Mount Tefatua
- Islands.elevation_m
- 1,017
- Islands.country
- France
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Overseas collectivity
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- French Polynesia
- Islands.country_capital_and_largest_city
- Uturoa
- Islands.country_largest_city_population
- 3,778
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Leeward Islands
- Has part
- Tumaraa
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Leeward Islands
- Population
- 12245
- Area
- 175
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Tahaa raiatea.jpg
- Width
- 14
- Length
- 20
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- Commons category
- Raiatea
- topic's main category
- Category:Raiatea
- located in/on physical feature
- Society Islands
- time of discovery or invention
- 1769-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Prehistory
- European colonization
- Geography
- Climate
- Flora
- Fauna
- Administration
- Economy
- Tourism
- Places of interest
- Infrastructure
- See also
- References
Raiātea or Raiatea (Tahitian: Raiātea) is the second largest of the Society Islands, after Tahiti, in French Polynesia, in the South Pacific Ocean. The island is widely regarded as the "centre" of the eastern islands in ancient Polynesia and it is likely that the organised migrations to the Hawaiian Islands, and other parts of East Polynesia, started at Raiātea.
A traditional name for the island is Havai'i, homeland of the Māori people. Situated on the southeast coast is the historical Taputapuatea marae, which was established by 1000 CE. The site was the political and religious center of eastern Polynesia for several centuries, and was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2017 for its historical significance.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Raiatea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
3 mapped locations