Maupiti (municipality)

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Map of Maupiti and its atolls

Maupiti is a municipality in French Polynesia . It includes the atolls Maupiti , Manuae , Motu One and Maupihaa . Most of the inhabitants live in the three merging villages Vaiea, Petei and Farauru (from south to north) on the narrow eastern coastal strip of the central main island of the Maupiti atoll, at the foot of the 380 meter high Mont Teurafaatui. On the northeastern Motu , Tuanai lying Airport Aéroport de Maupiti .

Population development

year 1977 1983 1988 1996 2002 2007
Residents 710 794 963 1127 1191 1231

Individual evidence

  1. Frommers: Maupiti

Coordinates: 16 ° 27 ′  S , 152 ° 15 ′  W