Raiatea

Raiatea is one of the . Raiatea is unique among the Tahitian Islands. It and its little sister Tahaa are far removed from the more touristy islands like and .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island part of the group of Leeward Islands in the Society Islands, French Polynesia; subdivided in three municipalities
  • Also known as: Havai”, “La Princesa”, “Princessa”, “Raʻiātea”, “Raiatea Island”, and “Ulietea

Raiatea

Latitude
-16.8257° or 16° 49′ 32″ south
Longitude
-151.4381° or 151° 26′ 17″ west
Population
12,200
Elevation
519 metres (1,703 feet)
IATA airport code
RFP
United Nations Location Code
PF RFP
Open location code
53MC5HF6+PP
Geo­Names ID
4033744
Wiki­data ID
Q847008
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Raiatea” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Raiatea
  • Arabic: راياتيا
  • Asturian: Raiatea
  • Basque: Raiatea
  • Belarusian: Востраў Раіатэа
  • Belarusian: Раіатэа
  • Belarusian: Раіятэа
  • Catalan: Raiatea
  • Cebuano: Raiatea Island
  • Chinese: 賴阿特阿島
  • Chinese: 赖阿特阿岛
  • Czech: Raiatea
  • Danish: Raiatea
  • Dutch: Raiatea
  • Esperanto: Raiatea
  • Estonian: Raiatea
  • Finnish: Raiatea
  • French: Île Raiatea
  • French: Raiatea
  • French: Raïatea
  • Galician: Illa Raiatea
  • Galician: Raiatea
  • German: Raiatea
  • Hebrew: רייאטאה
  • Hungarian: Raiatea
  • Indonesian: Raiatea
  • Italian: Raiatea
  • Japanese: ライアテア島
  • Korean: 라이아테아섬
  • Latvian: Raiātea
  • Lithuanian: Raiatea
  • Lithuanian: Rajatėja
  • Macedonian: Рајатеа
  • Malay: Raiatea
  • Maori: Rangiatea
  • Maori: Rangiātea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ra’iatea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Raiatea
  • Norwegian: Raiatea
  • Persian: رایاتئا
  • Persian: رایاتا
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Ra’iatea
  • Polish: Raiatea
  • Portuguese: Raiatea
  • Russian: Раиатеа
  • Russian: Ульетеа
  • Slovenian: Raiatea
  • Spanish: Raiatea
  • Swedish: Raiatea
  • Swiss German: Raiatea
  • Tahitian: Ra’iātea
  • Thai: ราอีอาเตอา
  • Tosk Albanian: Raiatea
  • Ukrainian: Раіатеа
  • Urdu: رایاتیا
  • Vietnamese: Raiatea

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Raiatea”. Photo: Calahan59, CC BY-SA 3.0.