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Papeete, Pacific Islands Political Geography

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Papeete[pApA-A´tA] Pronunciation Key, town (2002 pop. 26,181), capital of Tahiti and of French Polynesia, South Pacific. A port on the NW coast of Tahiti, Papeete ships copra, vanilla, and mother-of-pearl. The town has an important French nuclear laboratory and an international airport.



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