Kei'a (previously Te-apunavai) is one of the six traditional

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

of the island of

Mangaia Mangaia (traditionally known as A'ua'u Enua, which means ''terraced'') is the most southerly of the Cook Islands and the second largest, after Rarotonga. It is a roughly circular island, with an area of , from Rarotonga. Originally heavily popula ...

in the

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. It is located on the west side of the island, to the south of the District of Tava'enga and west of Veitatei. The district was traditionally divided into 6 ''

tapere A Tapere or Sub-District is a low level of traditional land subdivision on five of the Southern Cook Islands (Rarotonga, Mangaia, Aitutaki, Atiu, and Mauke), comparable to the ahupua'a of the main Hawaiian Islands or to the kousapw of Pohnpei. Am ...

'': # Akaoro # Tapuata # Tongamarama # Te-inati # Rupetau-i-miri # Rupetau-i-uta The major habitation is the village of Oneroa, which is home to over half of the island's population. The Auraka cave is also in this district.

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Districts of the Cook Islands Mangaia {{CookIslands-geo-stub