<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Demographics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Population </Th> <Td> Uninhabited (2012) </Td> </Tr> <P> Moruroa (Mururoa, Mururura), also historically known as Aopuni, is an atoll which forms part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean . It is located about 1,250 kilometres (780 mi) southeast of Tahiti . Administratively Moruroa Atoll is part of the commune of Tureia, which includes the atolls of Tureia, Fangataufa, Tematangi and Vanavana . France undertook nuclear weapon tests between 1966 and 1996 at Moruroa and Fangataufa, causing international protests, notably in 1974 and 1995 . The number of tests performed have been variously reported as 175 and 181 . </P> <P> Even though ancient Polynesians knew Mururoa Atoll by the ancestral name of Hiti - Tautau - Mai, there is no firm historical evidence that it has been permanently inhabited . </P>

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