Tureia (also called Papahena ) is a Atoll located at in the Archipelago of Tuamotu in French Polynesia. This one is the chief town of the common of Tureia. Hakamaru (or Fakamaru), located at the northern point, is the only village of the island.

Tureia was discovered in 1791 by the admiral Edward Edwards whereas it was with the research of the mutineers of Bounty. Edwards baptized the Carysfort island, in the honor of John Proby, first count de Carysfort.

From 1966 to 1996, Tureia accommodated a camp of the Center of Experimentation of the Pacific, as well as a weather station. Today, these buildings are abandoned. The French nuclear tests took place in the atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa, to a hundred kilomères in the south of Tureia.

The island has an aerodrome with a long landing strip 900 meters. Almost all the arable land of Tureia is intended for the culture of the Cocotier.

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Presidency of French Polynesia: Tureia

Photographs of Tureia