Pueu
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Pueu is a village and district on the east coast of Tahiti
Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...

, 66 km (41 mi) south east of Papeete
Papeete
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. It lies northwest by road from Tautira
Tautira
Tautira is a Polynesian beach village, valley, and point on the south-east coast of the island of Tahiti in the Pacific. It is part of the commune Taiarapu-Est. With a population of 2338 , it is located 49 kilometres southeast of the Tahitian capital of Papeete on the coast of Tautira Bay, at the...

. It lies on a lagoon and contains an old church.It hosts a Spiritual Festival on Christmas Day.The Spaniards named the harbour within the Pueu reef "Puerto de la Virgen".Pueu contains the Te Anuanua Hotel, located to the southeast of the church, with four duplex bungalows.
In 1958, 61.6% of the villagers of the district voted for independence.
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