Tuamotus

Tuamotu Islands
Native name: Îles Tuamotu (French) / Tuamotus (Tuamotuan) / Paumotus (Tahitian)
	Flag of the Tuamotu Islands
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	18°47′S 141°35′W / 18.783°S 141.583°W
Archipelago	Polynesia
Total islands	78
Major islands	Rangiroa, Anaa, Fakarava, Hao, Makemo
Area	850 km2 (330 sq mi)
Administration
	French Republic
Collectivity	French Polynesia
Largest settlement	Rangiroa (pop. 2,709 (2017))
Demographics
Population	15,346 (2017)
Pop. density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Languages	French, Tuamotuan
Additional information
Time zone	UTC-10;

The Tuamotu Archipelago^[2]^[3] or the Tuamotu Islands^[4]^[5] (French: Îles Tuamotu,^[6]^[7] officially Archipel des Tuamotu) are a French Polynesian chain of just under 80 islands and atolls in the southern Pacific Ocean. They constitute the largest chain of atolls in the world, extending (from northwest to southeast) over an area roughly the size of Western Europe. Their combined land area is 850 square kilometres (328 square miles). This archipelago's major islands are Anaa, Fakarava, Hao and Makemo.

The Tuamotus have approximately 16,000 inhabitants. The islands were initially settled by Polynesians, and modern Tuamotuans have inherited from them a shared culture and the Tuamotuan language.

The Tuamotus are a French overseas collectivity.

^ ^a ^b "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ Emory, Kenneth Pike (1975). Material Culture of the Tuamotu Archipelago. Department of Anthropology, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.
^ Intes, A.; Caillart, B.; Charpy-Roubaud, C. J.; Charpy, L.; Dufour, V.; Ellison, Joanna C.; Kosmynin, Vladimir N.; Maragos, James E.; Braithwaite, C. J. R. (1994). An Atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia).: Conolization of Fish Larvae in Lagoons of Rangiroa (Tuamotu Archipelago) an Morea (Society Archipelago). Smithsonian Institution.
^ Barratt, Glynn (1992). The Tuamotu Islands and Tahiti. UBC Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-0409-7.
^ Tuamotu Islands. Times Editions. 1986. ISBN 978-9971-4-0082-8.
^ Iles de la Société, Iles Tubuaï ; Iles Tuamotu, Iles Marquises ; Carte de l'Oceanie Française (in French). Institut Geographique National. 1969.
^ Fleuriais (Contre-amiral.), Georges-Ernest (1882). Note relative aux positions géographiques des îles Tuamotu, par M. Fleuriais ... (in French). Impr. nationale.

[census-1] "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[2] Emory, Kenneth Pike (1975). Material Culture of the Tuamotu Archipelago. Department of Anthropology, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.

[3] Intes, A.; Caillart, B.; Charpy-Roubaud, C. J.; Charpy, L.; Dufour, V.; Ellison, Joanna C.; Kosmynin, Vladimir N.; Maragos, James E.; Braithwaite, C. J. R. (1994). An Atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia).: Conolization of Fish Larvae in Lagoons of Rangiroa (Tuamotu Archipelago) an Morea (Society Archipelago). Smithsonian Institution.

[4] Barratt, Glynn (1992). The Tuamotu Islands and Tahiti. UBC Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-0409-7.

[5] Tuamotu Islands. Times Editions. 1986. ISBN 978-9971-4-0082-8.

[6] Iles de la Société, Iles Tubuaï ; Iles Tuamotu, Iles Marquises ; Carte de l'Oceanie Française (in French). Institut Geographique National. 1969.

[7] Fleuriais (Contre-amiral.), Georges-Ernest (1882). Note relative aux positions géographiques des îles Tuamotu, par M. Fleuriais ... (in French). Impr. nationale.

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