Arue, French Polynesia
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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,[1] themselves part of the Society Islands. At the 2022 census it had a population of 10,322.[2]
The commune of Arue includes the atoll of Tetiaroa,[3] population 240 in 2017,[4] (5.85 km2/2.26 sq. miles; property of Marlon Brando's family), located Template:Convert north of Tahiti.
History
The area of Arue was first settled by travelers from Asia during the year of 1000. They had built houses out of grass and mud. The Polynesians had hunted fish with spears. Captain James Cook had arrived at Tahiti to observe the Transit of Venus.[5]
The James Norman Hall Museum is located in Arue - it is a historic house museum that exhibits the home of the writer of The Bounty Trilogy as it was in 1951.[6]
References
- ↑ Décret n° 2005-1611 du 20 décembre 2005 pris pour l'application du statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française, Légifrance
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- ↑ Répartition de la population en Polynésie française en 2017 Template:Webarchive, Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française
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