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Taioha'e | |
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 View of Taiohae and Taiohae Bay | |
  Location within Marquesas Islands | |
 Location of Taioha'e | |
| Coordinates: 8°54′35″S 140°6′5″W / 8.90972°S 140.10139°W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
| Subdivision | Marquesas Islands |
| Commune | Nuku-Hiva |
Area 1 | 4.279 km2 (1.652 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 2,218 |
| • Density | 518.3/km2 (1,343/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−9:30 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Taioha'e is the main town on Nuku Hiva island. The town is located on a former volcanic crater, which has partly collapsed into the ocean, creating a bay.[2]
This is the site of Fort Madison, set up by David Porter in 1813.
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References
[edit]- ↑ "Les résultats du recensement de la population 2022 de Polynésie française" [Results of the 2022 population census of French Polynesia] (PDF) (in French). Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. January 2023.
- ↑ "Taiohae". French Polynesia: Other Islands Sights. Fodor's Travel. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
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