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Punaauia is a commune in the suburbs of Papeete in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Punaauia is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, themselves part of the Society Islands. In the late 1890s, the French painter Paul Gauguin lived in Punaauia. Here he painted his masterpiece Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?. The commune borders Faʻaʻā on the north and Pāea on the south.

Key facts

French commune.name
Punaauia
French commune.commune status
Commune
French commune.image
Papeete - Marina Taina.JPG
French commune.caption
Punaauia, in the southern suburbs of Papeete
French commune.map size
270
French commune.adjustable map
Punaauia.png
French commune.map caption
Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands
French commune.administrative subdivision
Windward Islands
French commune.utc offset
−10:00
French commune.INSEE
98738
French commune.postal code
98718
French commune.mayor
Simplicio Lissant
French commune.term
2020–2026
French commune.elevation min m
0
French commune.elevation max m
2241
French commune.area km2
75.9
French commune.population
28781
French commune.population date
2022

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Wikidata facts

Country
France
Population
28781
Area
76
Elevation
24
Shares border with
Paea
Official website
www.punaauia.pf
Image
Papeete - Marina Taina.JPG
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Commons category
Punaauia
twinned administrative body
Dumbéa
postal code
98703
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Transport
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • References

Punaauia is a commune in the suburbs of Papeete in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Punaauia is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, themselves part of the Society Islands. In the late 1890s, the French painter Paul Gauguin lived in Punaauia. Here he painted his masterpiece Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?. The commune borders Faʻaʻā on the north and Pāea on the south.

==History== Like many of the other communes and islands of French Polynesia, the area was first settled by early Polynesians from Asia around 1,000 years ago. These people have already settled on the Marquesas Islands and then they traveled on their sea canoes to the Society Islands. They had lived off of the fish and fruits of Tahiti. Most of the early Polynesians had built houses on the beach. Later on, they had built houses further inland because of high tide.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Punaauia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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