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Katiu
Sign in to saveKatiu, or Taungataki, is an atoll of the central Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located west of Makemo Atoll's westernmost point. It measures in length with a maximum width of . Its total area, including the lagoon is and a land area of approximately . There are many narrow islands on the north-eastern side of its long reef with a total land area of about . Its lagoon is connected to the ocean.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Katiu
- Islands.image_name
- Katiu Atoll (ISS010-E-5452).jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Katiu Atoll
- Islands.map
- French Polynesia
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuamotus
- Islands.area_km2
- 232.5
- Islands.area_footnotes
- (lagoon) (above water)
- Islands.length_km
- 27
- Islands.width_km
- 12.5
- 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
- Makemo
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Administrative subdivision
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Tuamotus
- Islands.country_largest_city
- Toini
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- atoll
- Part of
- Tuamotus
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Makemo
- Area
- 27
- Time zone
- UTC−10:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Katiu2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Katiu
- located in/on physical feature
- Tuamotus
- native label
- Katiu
- time of discovery or invention
- 1820-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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Katiu, or Taungataki, is an atoll of the central Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located west of Makemo Atoll's westernmost point. It measures in length with a maximum width of . Its total area, including the lagoon is and a land area of approximately . There are many narrow islands on the north-eastern side of its long reef with a total land area of about . Its lagoon is connected to the ocean.
Katiu has a population of 250 inhabitants. The main occupations are fishing, copra harvesting and pearl farming. The most important village is called Toini; it is located on one of the long islands of the northeastern reef.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Katiu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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