Capital City | Papeete (located on Tahiti) |
Capital location | 17 32 S, 149 34 W |
Capital - history | The name means "water basket" and refers to the fact that the islanders originally used calabashes enclosed in baskets to fetch water at a spring in the area |
Capital - time difference | UTC-10 (5 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |
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