Papeete

Japanese: パペエテ
Papeete
The capital of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, South Pacific. Also known as Papeete. The commercial, transportation and tourist center on the northwest coast of Tahiti. There is an international airport nearby. The city is the headquarters of the Center for Nuclear Testing in the Pacific (CEP), and in 1995, anti-French protests rose up when nuclear testing resumed at Mururoa Atoll. Population: 131,693 (2007).

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Japanese:
南太平洋,フランス領ポリネシア,ソシエテ諸島の主都。パペーテとも。タヒチ島北西岸にある商業・交通・観光の中心。近郊に国際空港がある。太平洋核実験センター(CEP)事務局の所在地で,1995年,ムルロア環礁での核実験再開に際して反フランス運動が高揚した。13万1693人(2007)。

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