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{{Short description|Atoll in French Polynesia}}
{{Distinguish|text = [[Tupaia (genus)]], a genus of treeshrews named after the Malay word for treeshrew, 'tupai'}}
{{for|people named Tupai|Tupai (surname)}}
{{Infobox islands
| name=Tūpai
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| image_size = 250px
| map_image = Tupai.JPG
| map_caption = [[NASA]] picture of Tūpai
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| location = [[Pacific Ocean]]
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| archipelago = [[Society Islands]]
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| area_km2 = 11
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| country = [[France]]
| country_admin_divisions_title = [[Overseas collectivity]]<!--Officially an overseas collectivity-->
| country_admin_divisions = [[French Polynesia]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_2   = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
| country_admin_divisions_2         = [[Bora-Bora (commune)|Bora-Bora]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_1   = [[Administrative divisions of French Polynesia|Administrative subdivision]]
| country_admin_divisions_1         = [[Leeward Islands (Society Islands)|Leeward Islands]]
| population = 0 (permanent)
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'''Tūpai''' ({{langx|ty|Tūpai}}), also called '''Motu Iti''', is a low-lying [[atoll]] in the [[Society Islands]], [[French Polynesia]]. It lies 19&nbsp;km to the north of [[Bora Bora]] and belongs to the western [[Leeward Islands (Society Islands)|Leeward Islands]] ([[French language|French]]: ''Îles Sous-le-vent''). This small atoll is only 11&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> in size. Its broad coral reef encloses a shallow sandy lagoon. There are almost continuous long wooded [[Motu (geography)|motus]] on Tūpai's reef. Tūpai has no permanent residents apart from some workers in its coconut plantations. A private airfield was inaugurated on Tūpai in 2001, and its use is restricted.

==Administration==
The atoll of Tūpai belongs administratively to the [[Communes of France|commune]] of [[Bora Bora]].

In 1926 the island was considered for settling a small community of [[Slovakia|Slovak]] colonists but was later dropped in favor of the [[Marquesas Islands]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}

==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101223015139/http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/society/tupai.php]}}

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{{Society Islands}}

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[[Category:Atolls of the Society Islands]]


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