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Rapa Iti
A remote island ringed by ancient hill forts.
- Population
- 451 (2022)
- Vancouver
- December 22, 1791
Then
- 1450–1550
The first of up to 14 hilltop forts is built.
- 1791
George Vancouver arrives and names it Oparo.
- 1826–1866
Disease cuts the population from about 2,000 to fewer than 120.
Now
A third of islanders sing in the Tahitian choir.