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Tubuai

Tubuai is an island of the Pacific Ocean, part of French Polynesia. It is located 640 km south of Tahiti. Population 2,049. Area 45 km².

Tubuai was annexed by France in 1881.

Tubuai is portrayed as an island of cannibals in one of the movie versions of Mutiny on the Bounty.

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