Rikitea
Rikitea is a small town on Mangareva, an island in the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. A majority of the islanders live in Rikitea. The island was a protectorate of France in 1871 and was annexed in 1881.- Village with 1,100 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 16 metres (52 feet)
- …is also known as “Rihirea”
- Description: human settlement in France
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cathedral of Saint Michael and Mount Duff.
Cathedral of Saint Michael
Church
St. Michael's Cathedral, also known as the Rikitea…
Mount Duff
Peak
Mount Duff, also called Auorotini in the Mangarevan…
Rumarei
Islet
Rumarei is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia. Rumarei is situated 2½ km northwest of Rikitea.
Rikitea
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Latitude
-23.12295° or 23° 7′ 23″ south
Longitude
-134.96801° or 134° 58′ 5″ west
Open location code
5487V2GJ+RQ
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Urdu—“Rikitea” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Рикитеа”
- Catalan: “Rikitea”
- Cebuano: “Rikitea”
- Chinese: “里基泰阿”
- Dutch: “Rikitea”
- French: “Rikitea”
- French: “Rikitéa”
- German: “Rikitea”
- Hungarian: “Rikitea”
- Indonesian: “Rikitea”
- Irish: “Rikitea”
- Japanese: “リキテア”
- Luxembourgish: “Rikitea”
- Macedonian: “Рикитеа”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rikitea”
- Norwegian: “Rikitea”
- Polish: “Rikitea”
- Portuguese: “Rikitea”
- Russian: “Рикитеа”
- Serbian: “Рикитеа”
- Slovenian: “Rikitea”
- Slovenian: “Rikitéa”
- Spanish: “Rikitea”
- Tahitian: “Ri’itea”
- Urdu: “ریکیٹیا”
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