Moorea-Maiao is a commune of
French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia is a French overseas collectivity in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory...
, an overseas territory of
FranceFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
in the
Pacific OceanThe Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Tepre Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. It extends from the Arctic in the north to Antarctica in the south, bounded by Asia and...
. The commune is in the administrative subdivision of the
Windward IslandsThe Windward Islands are the eastern group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean.-Geography:...
.
The commune of Moorea-Maiao is made up of the island of
MooreaMoorea is a high island in French Polynesia, part of the Society Islands, 17 km northwest of Tahiti. Its position is . Moorea means "yellow lizard" in Tahitian. An older name for the island is Aimeho, sometimes spelled Aimeo or Eimeo...
(133 km²/51 sq. miles; 16,191 inhabitants at the 2007 census) and the much smaller
atollAn atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.- Usage :The word atoll comes from the Dhivehi word atholhu
OED. Its first recorded use in English was in 1625 as atollon...
of
MaiaoMaiao is an 8.8 km² island formation located 78 km southwest of Moorea and one of the Windward Islands in French Polynesia.-Geography:...
(8.8 km²/3.4 sq. miles; 299 inhabitants at the 2007 census), located 78 km (48.5 miles) southwest of Moorea.
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Moorea-Maiao is a commune of
French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia is a French overseas collectivity in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory...
, an overseas territory of
FranceFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
in the
Pacific OceanThe Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Tepre Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. It extends from the Arctic in the north to Antarctica in the south, bounded by Asia and...
. The commune is in the administrative subdivision of the
Windward IslandsThe Windward Islands are the eastern group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean.-Geography:...
.
The commune of Moorea-Maiao is made up of the island of
MooreaMoorea is a high island in French Polynesia, part of the Society Islands, 17 km northwest of Tahiti. Its position is . Moorea means "yellow lizard" in Tahitian. An older name for the island is Aimeho, sometimes spelled Aimeo or Eimeo...
(133 km²/51 sq. miles; 16,191 inhabitants at the 2007 census) and the much smaller
atollAn atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.- Usage :The word atoll comes from the Dhivehi word atholhu
OED. Its first recorded use in English was in 1625 as atollon...
of
MaiaoMaiao is an 8.8 km² island formation located 78 km southwest of Moorea and one of the Windward Islands in French Polynesia.-Geography:...
(8.8 km²/3.4 sq. miles; 299 inhabitants at the 2007 census), located 78 km (48.5 miles) southwest of Moorea. The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Afareaitu, on the island of Moorea.