Taiʻarapu-Ouest | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Map Size: | 270 |
Adjustable Map: | taiarapuouest.png |
Map Caption: | Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands |
Administrative Subdivision: | Windward Islands |
Utc Offset: | −10:00 |
Insee: | 98748 |
Postal Code: | 98725 |
Mayor: | Tetuanui Hamblin[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | -17.83°N -149.28°W |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 1306 |
Area Km2: | 104.3 |
Population: | 8371 |
Population Date: | 2022 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
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]