Commune of Gambier

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The Commune of Gambier is a remote French Polynesian municipality in the Gambier Islands of the South Pacific, centered on Mangareva and known for its Polynesian culture and Catholic missionary history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France ⓘ
administrativeCenter Rikitea ⓘ
administrativeDivision Îles Tuamotu-Gambier ⓘ
linked to: Tuamotu Archipelago
belongsTo French Republic ⓘ
capital Rikitea ⓘ
climate tropical oceanic climate ⓘ
contains Cathedral of Saint Michael of Rikitea ⓘ
country France ⓘ
culturalRegion Polynesia ⓘ
demographics small population ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
pearl farming ⓘ
small-scale tourism ⓘ
geographicalCharacteristic remote ⓘ
volcanic islands ⓘ
governedBy mayor of Gambier ⓘ
hasGovernmentType municipal council ⓘ
hasHeritage Catholic missions of the 19th century ⓘ
Polynesian traditions ⓘ
historicalEvent 19th-century Catholic evangelization of Mangareva ⓘ
includesIsland Agakauitai ⓘ
linked to: Angakauitai

Akamaru ⓘ
Aukena ⓘ
Mangareva ⓘ
Taravai ⓘ
INSEECODE 98718 ⓘ
islandGroup Gambier Islands ⓘ
ISO3166-2 PF-GAM ⓘ
knownFor Catholic missionary history ⓘ
Polynesian culture ⓘ
localLanguage Mangarevan ⓘ
linked to: Mangarevans
locatedIn Gambier Islands ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Tuamotu-Gambier administrative subdivision ⓘ
linked to: Tuamotu Archipelago
officialLanguage French ⓘ
overseasCollectivity French Polynesia ⓘ
partOf French Polynesia ⓘ
postalCode 98755 ⓘ
regionType overseas commune ⓘ
religiousBuilding Saint Gabriel church of Taravai ⓘ
churches and chapels built by missionaries ⓘ
religiousHeritage Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surroundedBy Pacific Ocean ⓘ
timeZone UTC-09:00 ⓘ
usesCurrency CFP franc ⓘ

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

Mangarevans → governingTerritory → Commune of Gambier ⓘ
Mangareva → administeredBy → Commune of Gambier ⓘ
Rikitea → partOf → Commune of Gambier ⓘ
Rikitea → administrativeCenterOf → Commune of Gambier ⓘ
Aukena → administeredBy → Commune of Gambier ⓘ
Akamaru → administeredBy → Commune of Gambier ⓘ
Makaroa → administrativeDivision → Commune of Gambier ⓘ
Moru (Gambier Islands) → belongsTo → Gambier Islands commune (administrative) ⓘ
linked to: Commune of Gambier