Do you know PAPEETE? A beautiful island country in the South Pacific.

Papeete is the capital of French Polynesia. It is located on the northwest coast of the famous tourist resort of Tahiti (also translated as "Tahiti" in Hong Kong and Taiwan). It is the government and administrative center of French Polynesia. Business, tourism, transportation and industrial center. The urban area is 17.4 square kilometers. In 1820, Queen Pomare IV of the Kingdom of Tahiti built a new capital here, which was the beginning of the construction of Papeete. After Tahiti became a French protectorate in 1842, Papeete remained the capital. Many famous people, such as Herman Melville, Gauguin, Robert Louis Stevenson, etc., have lived in Papeete for a period of time. Papeete was destroyed twice due to fire in 1884 and hurricane in 1906. After Algeria became independent in 1962, the French government decided to use the Tuamotu Islands in French Polynesia as the main nuclear weapons testing site. Coupled with the prosperity of tourism, Papeete developed quickly. According to the August 2007 census, Papeete has a population of 131,695 people, of which 26,017 live in the city center.

The urban area is divided into the following 7 areas (communes):

Faa

Papete

Punaauia

Pirae

Mahina

Paea

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