Tuamotu (Archipiélago)

"El archipiélago Tuamotu (en francés Îles Tuamotu y, oficialmente, Archipel des Tuamotu) es un archipiélago localizado en el océano Pacífico, al este de las islas de la Sociedad. Es un territorio administrado por Francia, dentro de la Polinesia Francesa, que comprende unas 78 islas y atolones de coral y posee una superficie terrestre de 885 km² aproximadamente. En el censo de 2002 tenía 14.872 habitantes."

"The Tuamotus or the Tuamotu Archipelago (French: Îles Tuamotu, officially Archipel des Tuamotu) are a French Polynesian chain of almost 80 islands and atolls, stretching from the northwest to the southeast over an area of the southern Pacific Ocean roughly the size of Western Europe, with a land area of 850 square kilometres (328 square miles) and 16,000 inhabitants, forming the largest chain of atolls in the world. Its major islands are Anaa, Fakarava, Hao and Makemo. The Tuamotu islands were initially settled by Polynesians, so Tuamotuans share a common culture and language. The people of Tahiti originally referred to the islands as the Paumotus, which means the "Subservient Islands", until a delegation from the island convinced the French authorities to change it to Tuamotus, which means the "Distant Islands"."