Rapa Iti

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Rapa, also called Rapa Iti ("Little Rapa"), is the largest and only inhabited island of the Bass Islands in French Polynesia. An older name for the island is Oparo. The total land area including offshore islets is 40.5 km2 (15.6 sq mi). As of the 2022 census, Rapa had a population of 451. The island's highest point is at 650 metres (2, 130 ft) elevation at Mont Perahu. Its main town is Ahuréi. The inhabitants of Rapa Iti speak their own Polynesian language called the Rapa language.

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