Mangareva

E574317

Mangareva is the principal island of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia and a historic cultural and religious center of the region.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Mangareva canonical 12
Mangareva (within Gambier Islands) 1
Mangareva Archipelago 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
administeredBy Commune of Gambier ⓘ
belongsTo French overseas collectivity ⓘ
capitalOf Gambier Islands ⓘ
colonialPower France ⓘ
country France ⓘ
discoveredBy James Wilson ⓘ
discoveryDate 1797 ⓘ
distanceTo about 1,600 km southeast of Tahiti ⓘ
elevation Mount Duff 441 metres ⓘ
hasArchipelago Gambier Islands ⓘ
hasBay Rikitea lagoon ⓘ
hasClimate tropical oceanic climate ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Polynesia ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity copra production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
pearl farming ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Polynesians ⓘ
hasFeature central volcanic island ⓘ
fringing coral reef ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Mount Duff ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent 19th-century Christianization of the Gambier Islands ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod pre-European Polynesian chiefdom ⓘ
hasLagoon Gambier Islands lagoon ⓘ
hasLanguage French language ⓘ
linked to: French

Mangarevan language ⓘ
Tahitian language ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland Agakauitai ⓘ
linked to: Angakauitai

Akamaru ⓘ
Aukena ⓘ
Taravai ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic small population ⓘ
hasReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding St. Michael’s Cathedral, Rikitea ⓘ
hasReligiousOrderHistory Catholic missionaries of the Picpus Fathers ⓘ
hasRunwayAccess served by Totegegie Airport (on nearby islet) ⓘ
hasSettlement Rikitea ⓘ
hasTraditionalReligion Polynesian indigenous religion ⓘ
hasTransportation small port facilities at Rikitea ⓘ
largestSettlement Rikitea ⓘ
locatedIn French Polynesia ⓘ
Gambier Islands ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Gambier Islands ⓘ
Overseas collectivity of French Polynesia ⓘ
linked to: French Polynesia
timeZone UTC−09:00 ⓘ
wasCulturalCenterOf Gambier Islands ⓘ
wasReligiousCenterOf Gambier Islands ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gambier Islands → largestIsland → Mangareva ⓘ
Gambier Islands → hasIsland → Mangareva ⓘ
Mangarevans → ethnicGroupOf → Mangareva Island ⓘ
linked to: Mangareva
Mangarevans → mainIsland → Mangareva ⓘ
Rikitea → locatedOnIsland → Mangareva ⓘ
Aukena → nearbyIsland → Mangareva ⓘ
Tauna → near → Mangareva ⓘ
Totegegie Airport → serves → Mangareva ⓘ
Totegegie Airport → locatedOn → atoll of Mangareva ⓘ
linked to: Mangareva
Puaumu → nearbyIslands → Mangareva (within Gambier Islands) ⓘ
linked to: Mangareva
Tepapuri → nearbyIslandGroup → Mangareva ⓘ
East Polynesia → hasPart → Mangareva ⓘ
East Polynesia → hasPart → Mangareva Archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Mangareva