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Faaite, or Faaiti[2] is an atoll of the Tuamotus in French Polynesia. It is located 60 kilometres (37 miles) to the north of Anaa Atoll. The total surface of the atoll is 227 square kilometres (88 square miles) Its dry land area is 8.87 square kilometres (3.42 square miles). Its length is 28 kilometres (17 miles) and its width 10.5 kilometres (6.5 miles). The total population as of 2012[update] is 401 inhabitants.
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Pacific Ocean |
| Coordinates | 16°43′S 145°19′W |
| Archipelago | Tuamotus |
| Area | 227 km2 (88 sq mi) (lagoon) 8.87 km2 (3.42 sq mi) (above water) |
| Length | 28 km (17.4 mi) |
| Width | 10.5 km (6.52 mi) |
| Administration | |
France | |
| Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
| Administrative subdivision | Tuamotus |
| Commune | Anaa |
| Largest settlement | Hitianau (pop. 246) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 401[1] (2012) |
| Pop. density | 8/km2 (21/sq mi) |
Faaite's inner lagoon has a navigable channel to the ocean. The main village is Hitianau, with a total population of 246.
History
The first recorded sighting of the atoll by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Pedro Fernández de Quirós on 11 February 1606. It was charted as Decena (ten in Spanish).[3] John Turnbull rediscovered it in 1802. Turnbull was the first retailer of the Pacific who used the route of Tahiti to Hawaii. Russian oceanic explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen visited Faaite in 1820 on the ships Vostok and Mirni. He named this atoll "Miloradovich".
On September 2, 1987 six islanders were thrown into a fire and burned alive in an exorcism ceremony incited by an American religious group, the "Charismatic Renewal Cult".[4]
Administration
Administratively Faaite belongs to the commune of Anaa, which includes the inhabited atoll of Faaite and the uninhabited atolls of Tahanea and Motutunga.
References
- "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- Young, J.L. (1899). "Names of the Paumotu Islands, with the old names so far as they are known". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 8 (4): 264–268. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- Beltrán y Rozpide, Ricardo "Las islas Tuamotu", Boletín de la Sociedad Geográfica de Madrid. t.XV, 2º semestre de 1881, pp-7-54.
- "Death sect charges". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 58, no. 11. 1 November 1987. p. 32. Retrieved 3 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- Oceandots
- Faaite Airport
- Bruno Saura, Les bûchers de Faaite: paganisme ancestral ou dérapage chrétien en Polynésie française, Cobalt/Editions de l'après midi. Paris 1990
- Book review
External links
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На других языках
[de] Faaite
Faaite ist ein Atoll im Nordwesten des Tuamotu-Archipels im Pazifischen Ozean. Das Atoll liegt etwa 250 Kilometer östlich von Tahiti und 60 Kilometer nördlich des Atolls Anaa. Administrativ gehört es zu Französisch-Polynesien und dort zur Gemeinde Anaa.- [en] Faaite
[fr] Faaite
Faaite (anciennement orthographié de Faaiti) est un atoll situé dans l'archipel des Tuamotu en Polynésie française. Il fait administrativement partie de la commune d'Anaa, un atoll voisin.[it] Faaite
Faaite, o Faaiti, è un atollo appartenente all'arcipelago delle isole Tuamotu nella Polinesia francese.[ru] Фааите
Фааите (фр. Faaite) — атолл в архипелаге Туамоту (Французская Полинезия). Расположен в 60 км к северу от атолла Анаа.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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