Ua Pou (also known as Ua Pu) is the third largest of the
Marquesas Islands, located about 50 km (30 mi.) south of
Nuku Hiva, in the northern Marquesas. Until recently, it was the most populous of the islands, because when the other islands were being ravaged by
diseases introduced by
European explorers and traders, the
Catholic priests on Ua Pou finally took to
quarantining the remnant of the native population inside their churches whenever visiting ships approached the island, thereby reducing their exposure to external diseases.
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