Rimatara (municipality)

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Location of the municipality of Rapa

Rimatara is a municipality in the Austral Islands subdivision of French Polynesia . Its district includes the island of Rimatara with an area of ​​7.83 km² and the atoll Maria with 1.3 km². It has 8,725 inhabitants (2017 census) and is divided into the following sub-municipalities:

  • Amaru (northeast), capital with 289 inhabitants, with the uninhabited atoll Maria over 200 kilometers further west
  • Mutuaura with 315 inhabitants (south)
  • Anapoto (northwest) with 268 inhabitants

The highest point, Mont Uahu, is 83 m. ü. M.

Coordinates: 22 ° 38 ′ 22 ″  S , 152 ° 51 ′ 21 ″  W