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Papeete (pronounced 〔http://www.hotels-tahiti.com/papeete.htm〕) is the capital of French Polynesia, an overseas country of France in the Pacific Ocean. The commune (municipality) of Papeete is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, of which Papeete is the administrative capital. The French High Commissioner also resides in Papeete.〔Kay, p. 106〕 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.〔 The Windward Islands are themselves part of the Society Islands. The name ''Papeete''〔The name Papeete is sometimes spelled ''Pape’ete'' in Tahitian, 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 (see () ). This apostrophe, however, is often omitted. 〕 means "water from a basket".〔Kay, p. 102〕 The urban area of Papeete had a total population of 133,627 inhabitants at the August 2012 census, 25,769 of whom lived in the commune of Papeete proper.〔 ==Geography== The commune of Papeete is subdivided into eleven ''quartiers'' (wards):〔()〕〔()〕〔(Arue – 12A Arahiri/Rimapp ) 〕 *Manu Hoe – Fare Ute – Motu Uta *Patutoa *Taunoa *Fariipiti *Titioro *Tepapa *Faiere *Pic Rouge *Tipaerui *Paofai *Mamao 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Papeete」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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