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Bora Bora lies 240 km (150
miles) northwest of Tahiti in the Leeward Society
Islands. The main island, home to 4,225 inhabitants, is in
the center if a multicolored lagoon, surrounded by offshore
motu islets inside a protective necklace of coral.
There is only one navigable pass,
facing the principal village of Vaitape.
A 29 km (18 miles) partially
paved road circles the island, passing colorful villages,
archaeological sites, old Army bunkers and cannon left over
from World War II, when 5,000 American GIs made a "friendly
invasion"
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