Papeete
Papeete is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the French Republic. The commune is located on the north-west of the island of Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean. As of 2017, there were 26,926 people living there.[3]
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| Marina of Papeete and city centre | |
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| Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands | |
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| Country | France |
| Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
| Administrative subdivision | Windward Islands |
| Mayor | Michel Buillard (1995–present) |
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| Land area1 [1] | 17.4 km2 (6.7 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 26,926 (August 2017 census[2]) |
| - Density | 1,547/km2 (4,010/sq mi) |
| Urban area | 299.5 km2 (115.6 sq mi) |
| - Population | 136771 |
| Metro area | [convert: %s]%s |
| - Population | {{{metro area pop}}} |
| INSEE/Postal code | 98735/ 98714 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Papeete Media
Papeʻete: subdivision in 11 quartiers
Papeʻete Town Hall, a replica of the Royal Palace of Papeʻete razed in the 1960s
Papeʻete waterfront
Immeuble Dexter, the head office of Air Tahiti Nui
- Présidence.Papeete
Paofai Temple
References
- ↑ "R1- Population sans doubles comptes, des subdivisions, communes et communes associées de Polynésie française, de 1971 à 1996". ISPF. Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- ↑ "Populations légales de Polynésie française en 2017". INSEE. Archived from the original on 2018-05-08. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
- ↑ "Les populations légales de Polynésie française en 2017" (in français). 27 December 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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