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Mangaia

Mangaia is the southernmost of the Cook Islands, an ancient volcanic island ringed by a raised coral cliff called the makatea. It had a warlike traditional society ruled by a high priest and victorious war leaders. Christian missionaries arrived in the 1820s, and it joined the Cook Islands federal government in the 1890s.

Mangaia
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Cook Islands Federation

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