Pueu

Pueu
—  Village  —
Pueu
Location in Tahiti
Coordinates:
Country France
French Polynesia
Tahiti
Commune Taiarapu-Est
District Pueu
Time zone French Polynesia Time (UTC-11)

Pueu is a village and district on the east coast of Tahiti, 66 km (41 mi) south east of Papeete.[1] It lies northwest by road from Tautira. It lies on a lagoon and contains an old church.[2]It hosts a Spiritual Festival on Christmas Day.[3]The Spaniards named the harbour within the Pueu reef "Puerto de la Virgen".[4]Pueu contains the Te Anuanua Hotel, located to the southeast of the church, with four duplex bungalows.[1][5] In 1958, 61.6% of the villagers of the district voted for independence.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Erickson, Joan (August 1979). Islands of the South Pacific. Lane Pub. Co.. p. 26. ISBN 9780376063854. http://books.google.com/books?id=GbkVAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "Pueu village". Papeete.com. http://www.papeete.com/pueuvillage/index.html. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
  3. ^ Stillman, Amy Ku'uleialoha (1991). Hīmene Tahiti: ethnoscientific and ethnohistorical perspectives on choral singing and Protestant hymnody in the Society Islands, French Polynesia. Harvard. p. 179. http://books.google.com/books?id=PY8HAQAAMAAJ. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
  4. ^ Rodríguez, Máximo (1967). The quest and occupation of Tahiti by emissaries of Spain during the years 1772-1776: told in despatches and other contemporary documents translated into English and compiled with notes and an introd. Kraus Reprint. p. 256. http://books.google.com/books?id=O5MXAQAAMAAJ. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
  5. ^ Stanley, David (January 2000). South Pacific handbook. David Stanley. p. 193. ISBN 9781566911726. http://books.google.com/books?id=w6zguqsU7x0C&pg=PA193. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
  6. ^ Australian National University (1991). The Journal of Pacific history. Oxford University Press. http://books.google.com/books?id=BfsMAQAAMAAJ. Retrieved 1 July 2011.