 NASA picture of Arutua Atoll | |
  Arutua | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Pacific Ocean |
| Coordinates | 15°14′43″S 146°36′43″W / 15.24528°S 146.61194°W |
| Archipelago | Tuamotus |
| Area | 484 km2 (187 sq mi) (lagoon) 15 km2 (6 sq mi) (above water) |
| Length | 31 km (19.3 mi) |
| Width | 24 km (14.9 mi) |
| Administration | |
France | |
| Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
| Administrative subdivision | Îles Tuamotu-Gambier |
| Commune | Arutua |
| Largest settlement | Rautini |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 826[1] (2022) |
Arutua | |
|---|---|
 Location (in red) within the Tuamotu Archipelago | |
Location of Arutua  | |
| Coordinates: 15°14′43″S 146°36′44″W / 15.245236°S 146.612086°W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
| Subdivision | Îles Tuamotu-Gambier |
| Area 1 | 46.0 km2 (17.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 1,736 |
| • Density | 38/km2 (98/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−10:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 98713 / |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Arutua, or Ngaru-atua[2] is an atoll in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. It is located 40 km SW of Rangiroa. The closest land is Apataki Atoll, only 16 km to the East.
Arutua Atoll has a roughly pentagonal shape. Length 31 km (19 mi) , width 24 km (15 mi) . The lagoon area is 484 km2 (187 sq mi) and the land area is 15 km2 (6 sq mi). Its lagoon is wide and deep with one navigable passage. As of 2012[update], Arutua had a population of 680 inhabitants. The main village is Rautini. There is a small airport at Arutua which was opened in 1984.
Geographically Arutua belongs to the Palliser Islands (Îles Palliser) subgroup of the Tuamotus.
- ^ a b "Les résultats du recensement de la population 2022 de Polynésie française" [Results of the 2022 population census of French Polynesia] (PDF) (in French). Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. January 2023.
- ^ Young, J.L. (1899). "Names of the Paumotu Islands, with the old names so far as they are known". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 8 (4): 264–268. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2015.