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Kauehi
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (December 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
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 NASA picture of Kauehi Atoll | |
  Kauehi | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Pacific Ocean |
| Coordinates | 15°52′S 145°8′W / 15.867°S 145.133°W |
| Archipelago | Tuamotus |
| Area | 320 km2 (120 sq mi) (lagoon) 16 km2 (6 sq mi) (above water) |
| Length | 24 km (14.9 mi) |
| Width | 18 km (11.2 mi) |
| Administration | |
France | |
| Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
| Administrative subdivision | Îles Tuamotu-Gambier |
| Commune | Fakarava |
| Largest settlement | Tearavero |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 257[1] (2012) |
Kauehi, or Putake,[2] is an atoll in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. The nearest land is Raraka Atoll, located 17 km to the Southeast. Kauehi has a wide lagoon measuring 24 km by 18 km. The atoll has a lagoon area of 320 km2 (124 sq mi), and a land area of 16 km2 (6 sq mi). Kauehi's lagoon has one navigable pass.
The atoll has 257 inhabitants as of 2012[update]. The main village is called Tearavero.[3]
- ^ "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ Young, J.L. (1899). "Names of the Paumotu Islands, with the old names so far as they are known". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 8 (4): 264–268. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "Kauehi on tahitiheritage.pf". Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
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