Arue,_French_Polynesia

Arue, French Polynesia

Arue, French Polynesia

Commune in French Polynesia, France

For other places with the same name, see Arue (disambiguation).

Arue is a commune in the suburbs of Papeete in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Arue is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands,[2] themselves part of the Society Islands. At the 2017 census it had a population of 10,243.[3]

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The commune of Arue includes the atoll of Tetiaroa,[4] population 240,[3] (5.85 km2/2.26 sq. miles; property of Marlon Brando's family), located 58 km (36 mi) north of Tahiti.

History

The area of Arue was first settled by travelers from Asia during the year of 1000. They had built houses out of grass and mud. The Polynesians had hunted fish with spears. Captain James Cook had arrived at Tahiti to observe the Transit of Venus.[5]

The James Norman Hall Museum is located in Arue - it is a historic house museum that exhibits the home of the writer of The Bounty Trilogy as it was in 1951.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. [2]
    Décret n° 2005-1611 du 20 décembre 2005 pris pour l'application du statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française, Légifrance
  3. [3]
    Répartition de la population en Polynésie française en 2017 Archived 2021-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française
  4. [4]
    Décret n°72-407 du 17 mai 1972 portant création de communes dans le territoire de la Polynésie française, Légifrance
  5. [5]
    "Captain Cook's 1768 Voyage to the South Pacific Included a Secret Mission". Smithsonian magazine. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Maison musée de James Norman Hall - Arue - Tahiti Heritage". 2021-11-08. Archived from the original on 2021-11-08. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
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