Taiʻarapu-Ouest

Taiʻarapu-Ouest
Commune
Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands
Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands
Location of Taiʻarapu-Ouest
Map
Coordinates: 17°50′S 149°17′W / 17.83°S 149.28°W / -17.83; -149.28
CountryFrance
Overseas collectivityFrench Polynesia
SubdivisionWindward Islands
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Tetuanui Hamblin[1]
Area
1
104.3 km2 (40.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
8,371
 • Density80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−10:00
INSEE/Postal code
98748 /98725
Elevation0–1,306 m (0–4,285 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Taiʻarapu-Ouest (literally "Taiʻarapu West") is a commune of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The commune of Taiʻarapu-Ouest is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, themselves part of the Society Islands.[3] At the 2022 census it had a population of 8,371.[2]

The commune extends over half of the peninsula of Tahiti Iti ("small Tahiti", a.k.a. Taiʻarapu).

Taiʻarapu-Ouest consists of the following associated communes:

The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Vairao.[4]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
20026,081—    
20077,002+15.1%
20127,639+9.1%
20178,078+5.7%
20228,371+3.6%

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Les résultats du recensement de la population 2022 de Polynésie française" [Results of the 2022 population census of French Polynesia] (PDF) (in French). Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. January 2023.
  3. ^ Décret n° 2005-1611 du 20 décembre 2005 pris pour l'application du statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française, Légifrance
  4. ^ Décret n°72-407 du 17 mai 1972 portant création de communes dans le territoire de la Polynésie française, Légifrance
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