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Maiao

Maiao is a small, low island in the Windward group of the Society Islands, about 80 kilometres west of Moorea, enclosing two lagoons. In the 18th and 19th centuries it was ruled with Huahine by the same royal line. It is now part of the commune of Moorea-Maiao in French Polynesia and has only a few hundred inhabitants.

Maiao
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Kingdom of Huahine

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Maiao. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/maiao
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