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Bora Bora is an island in the Leeward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. The island, located about 230 kilometres (140 mi) northwest of Papeete, is surrounded by a lagoon and a barrier reef. In the center of the island are the remnants of an extinct volcano rising to two peaks, Mount Pahia and Mount Otemanu, the highest point at 727 metres (2,385 ft). The original name of the island in the Tahitian language might be better rendered as Pora Pora, meaning First Born; an early transcription found in 18th- and 19th century accounts, is Bolabolla (or Bollabolla). The major settlement, Vaitape is on the western side of the island, opposite the main channel into the lagoon. The products of the island are mostly limited to what can be obtained from the sea and coconut trees, which were historically of economic importance for copra. During the August 2007 census, the population on the island was about 8,880 people. The island is administratively part of the commune (municipality) of Bora-Bora, itself in the administrative subdivision of the Leeward Islands. The commune of Bora-Bora is made up of the island of Bora Bora proper with its surrounding islets emerging from the coral reef (29.3 km2/11.3 sq. miles in total) and of the atoll of Tupai (11 km2/4.2 sq mi), located 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Bora Bora. The atoll of Tupai has no permanent population apart from about 50 workers in the coconut plantations. Former President of French Polynesia Gaston Tong Sang is the current mayor of Bora Bora.
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March 25, 2010
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March 22, 2010
Aix-les-Bains is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.   It lies near the Lac du Bourget, 9 km (5.6 mi) by rail north of Chambéry. Aix derives from Latin Aquae (literally, waters; cf Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) or ...
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March 22, 2010
The chronicle of the county begins in 1120 when D. Teresa, queen of Portugal and fuss of Alfonso Henriques, donated to the nobleman Gonçalo Eris vast arrive. In instrument, the nobleman has undertaken to ready unresolved a lodge to alter the bust travellers.   The rivers Vouga, ...
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March 22, 2010
Albissola Marina is a comune (municipality) in the Orbit of Savona in the Italian location Liguria, placed virtually 35 km region of Genoa and almost 4 km northeast of Savona.   Albissola Marina was a resolution of the Ingauni (a nation of the Ligures), later conquered by the ...
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March 19, 2010
Die Sonne wird kräftiger, der Schnee schmilzt und das Vasertal, in der Nähe von Innsbruck, befreit sich langsam von der Schneelast. Der Frühling hält in Tirol Einzug und verwandelt die mit Eis und Schnee durchzogene Landschaft in einen zartgrünen Traum.
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