Gambier Islands

Gambier Islands
Native name: Îles Gambier
	Flag of the Gambier Islands
	Map of the commune of Gambier, showing to the north-west the islands that are part of the commune but belong to the Tuamotu Archipelago, and to the south-east the Gambier Islands proper (Mangareva, Akamaru, Taravai, Temoe).
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	23°07′S 134°58′W / 23.117°S 134.967°W
Archipelago	Polynesia
Total islands	14
Major islands	Mangareva, Akamaru, Aukena, Taravai
Area	27.8 km2 (10.7 sq mi)
Administration
	French Republic
Collectivity	French Polynesia
Largest settlement	Rikitea
Demographics
Population	1,431 (Aug. 2017)
Pop. density	51/km2 (132/sq mi)
Additional information
Time zone	UTC-9;

Gambier Islands

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Location of the Gambier Islands in the Pacific Ocean

The Gambier Islands (French: Îles Gambier or Archipel des Gambier) are an archipelago in French Polynesia, located at the southeast terminus of the Tuamotu archipelago. They cover an area of 27.8 km² or 10.7 sq mi,^[1]^[2] and are made up of the Mangareva Islands, a group of high islands remnants of a caldera along with islets on the surrounding fringing reef, and the uninhabited Temoe atoll, which is located 45 km (28 mi) south-east of the Mangareva Islands. The Gambiers are generally considered a separate island group from Tuamotu both because their culture and language (Mangarevan) are much more closely related to those of the Marquesas Islands, and because, while the Tuamotus comprise several chains of coral atolls, the Mangareva Islands are of volcanic origin with central high islands.

Administratively, the Gambier Islands are inside the commune of Gambier, which also includes several atolls in the Tuamotu Archipelago. The town hall (mairie) of the commune of Gambier is located on Mangareva, which is the largest island in the Gambier Islands group.

The population of the Gambier Islands was 1,431 people at the 2017 census, all living in the Mangareva Islands.^[3]

^ ^a ^b "Gambier – Guide Floristique" (PDF) (in French). Government of French Polynesia, Directorate of the Environment. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Annexe 3 : Indicateurs par île et classement par archipel pour la PF" (PDF) (in French). Centre d'Etudes du Tourisme en Océanie-Pacifique (CETOP). p. 91. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française (in French). Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[Mangareva_land_area-1] "Gambier – Guide Floristique" (PDF) (in French). Government of French Polynesia, Directorate of the Environment. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[Temoe_land_area-2] "Annexe 3 : Indicateurs par île et classement par archipel pour la PF" (PDF) (in French). Centre d'Etudes du Tourisme en Océanie-Pacifique (CETOP). p. 91. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[census-3] "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française (in French). Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

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