Toau

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Toau (also Pakuria or Taha -a- titi ) is an atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia.

Geography

The lagoon is sized 35 × 18 km and up to 25 meters deep. The total area of the atoll is 652 km ² and the area of the Lagoon 561 km ². The nearest atoll Fakarava, 14 km southeast of Toau away. The atoll belongs administratively to the municipality of Fakarava and in the same commune associée Fakarava.

History

James Cook was the first to have sighted the atoll in April 1774. In some cards, the atoll with the name Elizabeth is listed.

The only village is Maragai on the homonymous island in the northeast of the atoll. There are 24 residents were counted in the 2002 census, according to census 2007, however, the atoll is now uninhabited. Residents leb (t ) s mainly of fish, as is immersed for pearls and copra made ​​from coconuts.

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