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Bora Bora (French: Bora-Bora; Tahitian: Pora Pora) is an island group in the Leeward Islands in the South Pacific. The Leeward Islands comprise the western part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, which is an overseas collectivity of the French Republic in the Pacific Ocean. Bora Bora has a total land area of 30.55 km 2 (12 sq mi).
The Kingdom of Bora Bora was established during the early 19th century with the unification of the island of Bora Bora and official recognition by France and the United Kingdom in 1847 through the Jarnac Convention. It was one of a number of independent Polynesian states in the Society Islands, alongside Tahiti, Huahine and Raiatea in the 19th ...
The Bora have guarded their lands from both indigenous foes and outsider colonials. Around the time of the 20th century, the rubber boom and Putumayo genocide had a devastating impact on the Boras, which suffered enslavement, physical abuse, and other detriments to their population. An unknown number of Bora people fled across the Caqueta River ...
Tapoa II. Tapoa II (c. 1806–1860) was the king of the Tahitian island of Bora Bora from 1831 to 1860. [1] He was also a Royal consort of Tahiti as husband of Pōmare IV, Queen regnant of Tahiti. Tapoa II was born in 1806. He was the son of Tapoa I, King of Tahaʻa and Bora Bora, by his wife, Ai-mata. He married Pōmare IV in December 1822.
Ari'i of Bora Bora: Tefa'aora Ari'i of Bora Bora: Tapoa I King of Bora Bora, Ra'iatea and Taha'a: Pōmare Dynasty of Tahiti: Tamatoa Dynasty of Ra'iatea: Ahu'ura: Tefa'aora a Mai Descendant of Puni: Tehapa'i or Maheanu'u a Mai: Tapoa Vahine: Tapoa II King of Bora Bora and Taha'a: Pōmare IV Queen of Tahiti and Moʻorea: Ari'ifa'aite: Teri ...
Bora Bora Island is a 19.91 km 2 (8 sq mi) island in the Bora Bora Islands Group, within the Society Islands of French Polynesia. It is the main island of the commune of the same name. [1] Together with its surrounding islands of Tapu, Ahuna, Tevairoa, Tane, Mute, Tufari, Tehotu, Pitiaau, Sofitel, Toopua, and Toopuaiti, it forms the group of ...