Hakahau | |
Insee: | 987 |
Administrative Subdivision: | Marquesas Islands |
Type: | Associated commune |
Commune: | Ua-Pou |
Coordinates: | -9.3611°N -140.0492°W |
Utc Offset: | −10:00 |
Map Caption: | Location within Marquesas Islands |
Area Km2: | 4.333 |
Population: | 1654 |
Population Date: | 2022 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Hakahau is the main village and port of the island of Ua Pou, in the Marquesas Islands, northeast of French Polynesia. It is the capital of the municipality. It is located at the bottom of a sheltered bay on the northeast side of the island, and has a sheltered dock by a jetty. The Aranui 3 stops at Hakahau.[2]
Hakahau has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am). The average annual temperature in Hakahau is . The average annual rainfall is with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in March, at around, and lowest in September, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Hakahau was on 13 April 2007; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 28 August 1997.