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Papeete (translation to English means "water from a basket",Kay, p102 see [Papeete#Note for variant spelling) (International Phonetic Alphabet ) is the capital of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The commune in France (municipality) of Papeete is located on the island of Tahiti, in the French Polynesia#Administrative divisions of the Windward Islands (Society Islands), of which Papeete is the administrative capital. The High Commissioner#Domestic High Commissioners also resides in Papeete.Kay, p106 It is the primary center of Tahitian and French Polynesian public and private governmental, commercial, industrial and financial services, the hub of French Polynesian tourism and a commonly used Port of call.Kay, p106 The Windward Islands are themselves part of the Society Islands.
Demographics The urban area of Papeete had a total population of 127,635 inhabitants at the 2002 census, 26,181 of whom lived in the Commune in France of Papeete proper. The urban area of Papeete is made up of 7 communes:
- Faaa (which became in 1988 the most populated commune in the urban area)
- Papeete (historically the most populated commune in the urban area, and still the administrative capital)
- Punaauia
- Pirae
- Mahina, French Polynesia
- Paea
- Arue, French Polynesia
History The area that now constitutes Papeete was first settled by the British missionary William Cook (missionary) of the London Missionary Society in 1818.Kay, p102 Queen Pomare IV moved her court to Papeete and made it her capital in the late 1820s, and the town grew into a major regional shipping and transportation center.Kay, p102 Papeete was retained as Tahiti's capital after France took control of the Tahitian Islands and made them a protectorate in 1842.Kay, p106 Herman Melville was imprisoned in Papeete in 1842; his experiences there became the basis for the novel Omoo.Kay, p108 Paul Gauguin journeyed to and toured Papeete in 1891 and, except for a two-year period in 1893-1895, never returned to France.Kay, pp462-464 Robert Louis Stevenson also spent time in Papeete in 1888.Kay, p466 Half of Papeete was destroyed by a major fire in 1884, which then prohibited the use of native building materials.Kay, p106 A major cyclone caused extensive damage to the city in 1906, and a French naval vessel was sunk in the harbor by two German men-of war, which bombarded Papeete.Kay, p106 The growth of the city was boosted by the decision to move the nuclear weapon test range from Algeria to the atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa, some 1,500 km at the east of Tahiti; this originated in particular in the construction of the Faa'a International Airport next to Pape'ete, the only international airport in French Polynesia. In 1983, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints built the Papeete Tahiti Temple here because of the large number of members in the region. On September 5, 1995 the government of Jacques Chirac conducted the first of the last series of nuclear test detonations off the shores of Moruroa. A resulting riot in Papeete lasted for two days and damaged the international airport, injured 40 people, and scared away tourism for some time. York Times coverage of Atomic tests resumption in Tahiti York Times coverage of riot at Tahiti's international airport(Similar rioting occurred after another French nuclear test in the same area in 1987).
Travel and tourism Arrival and departure Traveling tourists arrive and depart Papeete via cruise ship at Papeete Harbor or domestic airline at Faa'a International Airport, which was completed and opened in 1962.
Transportation Primary roads consist of the 3-lane "Boulevard Pomare" along the city's harbor front which extends into a 4-lane highway.
Sights
- Heiva festival (proposed)
- Tahiti Manava Visitors Bureau
- waterfront esplanade
- Bougainville Park (once named Albert Park, in honor of a former Belgian king and World War One hero, is now named for Louis Antoine de Bougainville, the first French explorer to circumnavigate the globe.
- Cathedral of Notre Dame of Papeete
- Temple de Paofai
- The Territorial Assembly is the heart of the Polynesian government and contains the Territorial Assembly building, the High Commissioner's residence and also a once popular clubhouse of Paul Gauguin. It was also once the site of the royal residence and palace of Queen Pomare IV of Tahiti, who ruled from 1827 to 1877.
- Gaston Flosse's presidential palace
- The Monument to Pouvanaa a Oopa (decorated World War One hero, Tahitian nationaist, and deputy to Paris for the Tahitian Territorial Assembly)
- The Mairie (town hall)
Shopping
- Marché Papeete ("municipal market") is a primarily famous Tahitian landmark. The market sells oils, handicrafts, and various souvenir items.
Papeete in popular culture
- Papeete is mentioned in the song Southern Cross (Crosby, Stills and Nash song) by Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Note The name Papeete is sometimes spelled Pape’ete in Tahitian language, using the apostrophe (in fact a variant of it hard to differentiate from the regular apostrophe when using small fonts) to represent the glottal stop, as promoted by the Académie Tahitienne and accepted by the territorial government . Most often, however, this apostrophe is omitted.
See also
Footnotes
References
- Kay, Robert F. Hidden Tahiti, Ulysses Press, Berkeley, California, 2001. ISBN 1-56975-222-2.
External links
- Papeete Official Website
- Papeete Travel Guide
- Finding Tahiti
- Map of French Polynesia
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