Tumaraa is a

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of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of

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in the

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. The commune of Tumaraa is located on the island of

Raiatea Raiatea or Ra'iatea ( Tahitian: ''Ra‘iātea'') is the second largest of the Society Islands, after Tahiti, in French Polynesia. The island is widely regarded as the "centre" of the eastern islands in ancient Polynesia and it is likely that the ...

, in the

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of the Leeward Islands, themselves part of the

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. At the 2017 census it had a population of 3,721, making it the least populous commune on

.Répartition de la population en Polynésie française en 2017
Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française Tumaraa consists of the following associated communes: * Fetuna * Tehurui * Tevaitoa * Vaiaau The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Tevaitoa. The tallest mountain on

- Mont Temehani - is located within Tumaraa.

References

Communes of French Polynesia {{FrenchPolynesia-geo-stub