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Pāʻea is a commune in the suburbs of Papeʻete in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. Pāʻea 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 12,756. [2]
Its population was 189,517 in 2017, [1] making it by far the most populous island in French Polynesia and accounting for 68.7% of its total population; the 2022 Census recorded a population of 191,779. Tahiti is the economic, cultural, and political centre of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity and an overseas country of the French Republic.
Haapiti Rahi, also known as Motu Haapiti Rahi, is a 3.5-acre (0.014 km 2) private island in the lagoon of Bora Bora in French Polynesia. It is the located between Krisu , and Tevairoa , near Haapiti Iti.
There are over 1,000 species of fish and 150 species of coral in French Polynesia, according to Tahiti’s tourism board. Threatened by the effects of climate change and mass tourism, the corals ...
In August 2004, French Polynesian vice-president Hiro Tefaarerea advocated for the atoll to be declared a nature reserve to prevent development. [9] Eventually, executors of the estate granted development rights to Pacific Beachcomber SC, a Tahitian company that owns hotels throughout French Polynesia. The Brando Resort was opened in July 2014 ...
The Windward Islands (French: Îles du Vent [il dy vɑ̃]) are the eastern group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. These islands were also previously named the Georgian Islands in honour of King George III of the United Kingdom. [2] [3]
Papeete, located on Tahiti, is the capital of French Polynesia. ... with an average real GDP growth rate of +2.8% per year from 2016 to 2019, ...
Faʻaʻā extends inland about 15 km (9 mi). Mount Orohena is in the mountains of Faʻaʻā. The mountain is the highest point in French Polynesia at 2,200 m (7,300 ft). Tahiti Iti is just to the southeast of the commune. Moʻorea, which is Tahiti's sister island, is located just 15 km (9.3 mi) across the Pacific Ocean.