Gambier Islands (English spelling)

Japanese: ガンビエ[諸島]（英語表記）Îles Gambier

Located in the southeastern end of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the South Pacific, it consists of four volcanic islands, Mangareva, Taravai, Aukena, and Akamaru, in a large barrier reef, and Temoe Atoll, about 4 km southeast of them. It is also called Mangareva Islands. The total land area is 29 ^km2 , and the population is 566 (1971). The inhabitants are Polynesian, and practice subsistence agriculture by growing breadfruit, bananas, taro, etc. The population was once more than 2,000, but in 1834, Father Labarre came to the island and forced the islanders to work to build a huge stone cathedral, which caused many islanders to die due to the hard labor, and the population suddenly dropped.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

南太平洋，フランス領ポリネシアのトゥアモトゥ諸島の南東端に位置し，大きな堡礁内のマンガレバ，タラバイ，アウケナ，アカマルの4火山島と，その南東約4kmのテモエ環礁とからなる。マンガレバMangareva諸島ともいう。陸地総面積29km²，人口566(1971)。住民はポリネシア人で，パンノキ，バナナ，タロイモなどの自給農業を営む。かつて2000人以上の人口を数えたが，1834年に来島したラバール神父が島民を使役して巨大な石造の聖堂を建立し，この苦役によって島民の死亡があいつぎ，人口が一挙に激減した。

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