| Bora-Bora | |
| Adjustable Map: | Bora-Bora-Commune.png |
| Map Caption: | Location of the commune (in red) within the Leeward Islands |
| Administrative Subdivision: | Leeward Islands |
| Utc Offset: | −10:00 |
| Insee: | 98714 |
| Postal Code: | 98730 |
| Mayor: | Gaston Tong Sang[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Coordinates: | -16.4944°N -151.7364°W |
| Elevation Min M: | 0 |
| Elevation Max M: | 727 |
| Area Km2: | 41.55 |
| Population: | 10758 |
| Population Date: | 2022 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Image Flag: | Flag of Bora Bora.svg |
Bora-Bora is a commune of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The commune is in the administrative subdivision of the Leeward Islands. Its population was 10,758 at the 2022 census.[2]
The commune of Bora-Bora is made up of the island of Bora Bora proper with its surrounding islets emerging from the coral reef (30.55 km2/11.3 sq. miles in total) and of the atoll of Tupai (111NaN1), located 20km (10miles) north of Bora Bora. The atoll of Tupai has no permanent population apart from some seasonal workers in the coconut plantations.
The surrounding islets include Motu Tapu, Motu Ahuna, Tevairoa, Motu Tane, Motu Mute, Motu Tufari, Motu Tehotu, Motu Pitiaau, Sofitel Motu, Motu Toopua, and Toopuaiti.
Bora-Bora has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am). The average annual temperature in Bora-Bora is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in March, at around, and lowest in August, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Bora-Bora was on 11 November 1996; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 10 July 1983.
The commune is in the administrative subdivision of the Leeward Islands and consists of the following associated communes:
The administrative center of the commune is the settlement of Vaitape,[3] on the island of Bora Bora. Gaston Tong Sang is the current mayor of Bora Bora.[4]