Hatihe'u Explained

Hatihe'u
Insee:987
Administrative Subdivision:Marquesas Islands
Type:Associated commune
Commune:Nuku-Hiva
Coordinates:-8.8292°N -140.0831°W
Utc Offset:−9:30
Map Caption:Location within Marquesas Islands
Area Km2:0.245
Population:392
Population Date:2022
Population Footnotes:[1]

Hatihe'u is a village in Nuku Hiva, in the Marquesas Islands. It lies on the bay of the same name and is also the name of an "amphitheater-shaped valley on the northeast side of the island".[2] An ancient village in the area contains petroglyphs. Archaeologists have identified some 400 different features in the Hatihe'u Valley area.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Les résultats du recensement de la population 2022 de Polynésie française. fr. Results of the 2022 population census of French Polynesia. Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. January 2023.
  2. Book: Copeland, Georgia. Pacific 2000: proceedings of the fifth International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific : Hawai'i Preparatory Academy, Hamuela, Hawaii, August 7-17, 2002. 1 December 2001. Easter Island Foundation, Hawai'i Preparatory Academy, Bearsville Press. 269. 978-1-880636-18-3 .
  3. Book: Dissertation Abstracts International: The humanities and social sciences. 2006. University Microfilms.