Papeari is a village on the south coast of Tahiti. It is located in Tahiti-nui district,[2] around 32 miles from Papeete.[3]
Papeari | |
|---|---|
  Location within Tahiti | |
Location of Papeari  | |
| Coordinates: 17°45′S 149°21′W / 17.750°S 149.350°W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
| Commune | Teva I Uta |
| Population (2022)[1] | 5,446 |
| Time zone | UTC−10:00 |
History
editPapeari is attested in some accounts as Tahiti's oldest village.[4]
Some 19th-century sources attest that Papeari was formerly known as Vaiari (or Wyere), a name attributed to an indigenous group.[5] It houses a harbor with anchorage.[6]
Tourist sites in and near modern Papeari include the former home of the British novelist Robert Keable, who lived there from 1922 until his death in 1927, and a museum dedicated to the French painter Paul Gauguin, also a former resident of the area (from 1891-3).[4]
Notable People
edit- Ralph Taaviri (1954-2023) - trade unionist and environmental activist
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ Crocombe, R.G. (1988). French Polynesia: a book of selected readings. p. 184. ISBN 982-02-0032-6.
- ^ Young, Melanie (22 February 2004). "Pacific perals: Gauguin exhibit further polishes Tahitian islands' allure". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012.
- ^ a b Goodwin, Bill (2010). Frommer's Tahiti and French Polynesia. Frommer's. pp. 104–105. ISBN 0-470-61828-0.
- ^ Williamson, R W (1926). The social and political systems of central Polynesia. Cambridge University Press. p. 174.
- ^ United States Hydrographic Office (1906). Pacific Islands pilot. US Government Print Office. p. 100.