Arutua

Arutua, or Ngaru-atua is an atoll in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. It is located 40 km SW of Rangiroa. The closest land is Apataki Atoll, only 16 km to the East.

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Islands.name: Arutua
Islands.image_name: Arutua2.jpg
Islands.image_caption: NASA picture of Arutua Atoll
Islands.map: French Polynesia
Islands.location: Pacific Ocean
Islands.archipelago: Tuamotus
Islands.area_km2: 484
Islands.area_footnotes: (lagoon) (above water)
Islands.length_km: 31
Islands.width_km: 24
Islands.country: France
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title: Overseas collectivity
Islands.country_admin_divisions: French Polynesia
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2: Commune
Islands.country_admin_divisions_2: Arutua
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1: Administrative subdivision
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1: Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
Islands.country_largest_city: Rautini

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Area: 484
Image: Arutua2.jpg

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Commons category: Arutua
time of discovery or invention: 1722-00-00

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Arutua, or Ngaru-atua is an atoll in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. It is located 40 km SW of Rangiroa. The closest land is Apataki Atoll, only 16 km to the East.

Arutua Atoll has a roughly pentagonal shape. Length , width . The lagoon area is and the land area is . Its lagoon is wide and deep with one navigable passage. , Arutua had a population of 680 inhabitants. The main village is Rautini. There is a small airport at Arutua which was opened in 1984.