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Gambier Islands

Location S Pacific Ocean, ENE of New Zealand, SSE of Hawai’i
Latitude and longitude  23 10 S, 135 00 W
Sovereignty France
Political status notes Part of French Polynesia
Population  12,374 (with the Tuamotu Islands)
Census notes 1988
Land area in square kilometers 36
Capital  Rikitea, on the island of Mangereva

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