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Tepoto (North)

Tepoto, a coral island, is the northwesternmost of the Disappointment Islands, in the Tuamotu Archipelago, located at 14° 8' S. lat. and 141° 24' W. long.

The island is sometimes called Tepoto Nord in French, to avoid confusion with the Tepoto atolls 400 km (240 mi.) to the southwest, in the Raeffsky Islands of central Tuamotu.

According to the 2002 census, its population was 54 inhabitants. The primary village is Tehekega .

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