Pueu

Pueu
Village
Pueu

Location in Tahiti

Coordinates: 17°44′14″S 149°13′36″W / 17.73722°S 149.22667°W / -17.73722; -149.22667Coordinates: 17°44′14″S 149°13′36″W / 17.73722°S 149.22667°W / -17.73722; -149.22667
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. 1 2 Erickson, Joan (August 1979). Islands of the South Pacific. Lane Pub. Co. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-376-06385-4. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Pueu village". Papeete.com. 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. 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. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  5. ↑ Stanley, David (January 2000). South Pacific handbook. David Stanley. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-56691-172-6. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  6. ↑ Australian National University (1991). The Journal of Pacific history. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
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