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Tahiti is the largest islan in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. The island had a population of 178,133 inhabitants according to the August 2007 census. This makes it the most populated island of French Polynesia, with 68.6% of the total population. The capital is Papeete, on the northwest coast. Tahiti has also been historically known as O'tahiti.

Trivia about tahiti

  • Paul Gauguin moved to this island in 1891
  • This is the largest & most important French island in the south Pacific
  • If you travel to French Polynesia, your plane will land at Faaa Int'l Airport near Papeete on this island
  • The Paul Gauguin Museum on this island where he lived in the 1890s owns no original paintings
  • Perhaps the original "Maori Home", it became Paul Gauguin's new home in 1891
  • When Gauguin arrived on this island in 1891, he was shocked at how modern it was
  • The leisurely life of this island is depicted in the masterwork seen here from about 1894
  • After the queen of this South Seas island expelled French missionaries, France took over the island
  • Louis Antoine de Bougainville arrived at this island in 1768 & natives gave him fowls, fruit & naked women
  • The Isthmus of Taravao separates the 2 sections that make up this largest French Polynesian island
  • At 7,339 feet, Mount Orohena on this island is the highest point in the Society Islands
  • On June 18, 1767 Samuel Wallis became the first European to land at this breadfruity South Sea island
  • Cook's first visit to Australia was tagged onto a voyage to this South Seas island later visited by Captain Bligh

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