Pueu

Pūeu
Associated commune of Tai'arapu-Est
Pueu is located in Tahiti
Pueu
Location within Tahiti
Location of Pūeu
Coordinates: 17°44′14″S 149°13′36″W / 17.73722°S 149.22667°W / -17.73722; -149.22667
CountryFrance
Overseas collectivityFrench Polynesia
CommuneTai'arapu-Est
Population
 (2022)
2,076
Time zoneUTC−10:00

Pūeu is a village and district on the east coast of Tahiti, 66 km (41 mi) south east of Papeʻete and northwest by road from Tautira.

Geography

The village lies on a lagoon.

History

The Spaniards named the harbour within the Pūeu reef "Puerto de la Virgen".

In 1958, 61.6% of the villagers of the district voted for independence.

Culture

It hosts a spiritual festival on Christmas Day.

Pūeu contains an old church and the Te Anuanua Hotel, located to the southeast of the church, with four duplex bungalows.

References

  1. ↑ "Les résultats du recensement de la population 2022 de Polynésie française" [Results of the 2022 population census of French Polynesia] (PDF) (in French). Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. January 2023.
  2. 1 2 Erickson, Joan (August 1979). Islands of the South Pacific. Lane Pub. Co. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-376-06385-4. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Pueu village". Papeete.com. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Rodríguez, Máximo (1967). The quest and occupation of Tahiti by emissaries of Spain during the years 1772-1776: told in despatches and other contemporary documents translated into English and compiled with notes and an introd. Kraus Reprint. p. 256. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  5. ↑ Australian National University (1991). The Journal of Pacific history. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  6. ↑ Stillman, Amy Ku'uleialoha (1991). Hīmene Tahiti: ethnoscientific and ethnohistorical perspectives on choral singing and Protestant hymnody in the Society Islands, French Polynesia. Harvard. p. 179. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "Pueu village". Papeete.com. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  8. ↑ Stanley, David (January 2000). South Pacific handbook. David Stanley. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-56691-172-6. Retrieved 1 July 2011.