Papeari

Pape'ari
Associated commune of Teva I Uta
Location within Tahiti
Location of Pape'ari
Coordinates: 17°45′S 149°21′W
Country	France
Overseas collectivity	French Polynesia
Commune	Teva I Uta
Population  (2022)[1]	5,446
Time zone	UTC−10:00

Pape'ari is a village on the south coast of Tahiti. It is located in Tahiti-nui district,^[2] around 32 miles from Papeete.^[3]

History

Papeari is attested in some accounts as Tahiti's oldest village.^[4]

Some 19th-century sources attest that Papeari was formerly known as Vaiari (or Wyere), a name attributed to an indigenous group.^[5] It houses a harbor with anchorage.^[6]

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).^[4]

Notable People

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

References

1. "Les résultats du recensement de la population 2022 de Polynésie française" [Results of the 2022 population census of French Polynesia] (PDF) (in French). Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. January 2023.
2. Crocombe, R.G. (1988). French Polynesia: a book of selected readings. p. 184. ISBN 982-02-0032-6.
3. Young, Melanie (22 February 2004). "Pacific perals: Gauguin exhibit further polishes Tahitian islands' allure". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012.
4. Goodwin, Bill (2010). Frommer's Tahiti and French Polynesia. Frommer's. pp. 104–105. ISBN 0-470-61828-0.
5. Williamson, R W (1926). The social and political systems of central Polynesia. Cambridge University Press. p. 174.
6. United States Hydrographic Office (1906). Pacific Islands pilot. US Government Print Office. p. 100.