Papeete
Papeete is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the French Republic. The commune is located on the north-west of the island of Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean. As of 2017, there were 26,926 people living there.[3]
Papeete | |
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 Marina of Papeete and city centre | |
 Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands | |
Location of  | |
| Coordinates: 17°32′06″S 149°34′11″W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
| Subdivision | Windward Islands |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1995–present) | Michel Buillard |
| Area 1[1] | 17.4 km2 (6.7 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 299.5 km2 (115.6 sq mi) |
| Population (August 2017 census[2]) | 26,926 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 136,771 |
| • Urban density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−10:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 98735 /98714 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
References
- "R1- Population sans doubles comptes, des subdivisions, communes et communes associées de Polynésie française, de 1971 à 1996". ISPF. Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- "Populations légales de Polynésie française en 2017". INSEE. Archived from the original on 2018-05-08. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
- "Les populations légales de Polynésie française en 2017" (in French). 27 December 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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