Makemo

Makemo, Rangi-kemo or Te Paritua, is an inhabited atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago in French Polynesia.

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Islands.name: Makemo
Islands.image_name: Makemo2.jpg
Islands.image_caption: NASA picture of Makemo Atoll
Islands.map: French Polynesia
Islands.location: Pacific Ocean
Islands.archipelago: Tuamotus
Islands.area_km2: 603
Islands.area_footnotes: (lagoon) (above water)
Islands.length_km: 69
Islands.width_km: 16.5
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: Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
Islands.country_largest_city: Pouheva

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Population: 736
Area: 603
Image: Makemo2.jpg

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native label: Makemo
Commons category: Makemo (atoll)
time of discovery or invention: 1803-03-10

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Makemo, Rangi-kemo or Te Paritua, is an inhabited atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago in French Polynesia.

==History== Makemo is the home of legendary Polynesian hero Moeava. The first recorded European to arrive to Makemo Atoll was English pearl merchant John Buyers on the brig Margaret. He arrived at Makemo on 10 March 1803 on the same day he discovered Taenga and named the Makemo Atoll "Phillips Island", after a late sheriff of London, Sir Richard Phillips. In some maps Makemo appears as "Kutusov".