Raiatea Raiatea

Raiatea - Definition and Overview

Uturoa, Raiatea
Uturoa, Raiatea

Only slightly smaller that Tahiti itself, Raiatea is the second largest of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. The "major" town on Raiatea is Uturoa. The islands of Raiatea and Tahaa were originally one island and they are contained within the same atoll.

Raiatea is the administrative center of the Leeward Islands (the western group of the Society Islands).

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