Papeari

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Pape'ari

|INSEE = 987

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|type = Associated commune

|commune = Teva I Uta

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|utc offset = −10:00

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|map caption = Location within Tahiti

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|population = 5446

|population date = 2022

|population footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.ispf.pf/content//uploads/RP_2022_Decret_n_2022_1592_du_20_decembre_2022_authentifiant_les_resultats_du_recensement_de_la_population_2022_JOPF_778cd9be0e.pdf|title= Les résultats du recensement de la population 2022 de Polynésie française|language=fr|trans-title=Results of the 2022 population census of French Polynesia|publisher=Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française|date=January 2023}}

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Pape'ari is a village on the south coast of Tahiti. It is located in Tahiti-nui district,{{Cite book |title=French Polynesia: a book of selected readings |page=184 |first=R.G. |last=Crocombe |year=1988 |isbn=982-02-0032-6 }} around 32 miles from Papeete.{{Cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/548503351.html?dids=548503351:548503351&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+22%2C+2004&author=Melanie+Young+%28SPECIAL+TO+THE+HERALD%29&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Pacific+pearls%3B+Gauguin+exhibit+further+polishes+Tahitian+islands%27+allure&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712153357/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/548503351.html?dids=548503351:548503351&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+22,+2004&author=Melanie+Young+(SPECIAL+TO+THE+HERALD)&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Pacific+pearls;+Gauguin+exhibit+further+polishes+Tahitian+islands'+allure&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2012 |first=Melanie |last=Young |date=22 February 2004 |newspaper=Boston Herald |title=Pacific perals: Gauguin exhibit further polishes Tahitian islands' allure}}

History

Papeari is attested in some accounts as Tahiti's oldest village.{{Cite book |title=Frommer's Tahiti and French Polynesia |first=Bill |last=Goodwin |pages=104-105 |publisher=Frommer's |year=2010 |isbn=0-470-61828-0 }}

Some 19th-century sources attest that Papeari was formerly known as Vaiari (or Wyere), a name attributed to an indigenous group.{{Cite book |page=174 |title=The social and political systems of central Polynesia |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1926 |first=R W |last=Williamson }} It houses a harbor with anchorage.{{Cite book |page=100 |title=Pacific Islands pilot |author=United States Hydrographic Office |year=1906 |publisher=US Government Print Office }}

Tourist sites in and near modern Papeari include the former home of the British novelist Robert Keable, who lived there from 1922 until his death in 1927, and a museum dedicated to the French painter Paul Gauguin, also a former resident of the area (from 1891-3).

Notable People

Ralph Taaviri (1954-2023) - trade unionist and environmental activist

References

Category:Populated places in Tahiti