Papeete
Sign in to savePapeete (Tahitian: Papeʻete, pronounced ) is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the French Republic located in the Pacific Ocean. The commune of Papeʻete is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, of which Papeʻete is the administrative capital. Both the President of French Polynesia and French High Commissioner reside in Papeʻete.
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Papeete is the capital city of French Polynesia, a French territory in the Pacific Ocean, located on the island of Tahiti. It serves as the administrative center for the region and is where both the President of French Polynesia and the French High Commissioner are based.
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Papeete
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.adjustable map
- Papeete1.png
- French commune.map caption
- Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands
- French commune.administrative subdivision
- Windward Islands
- French commune.utc offset
- −10:00
- French commune.INSEE
- 98735
- French commune.postal code
- 98714
- French commune.mayor
- Michel Buillard
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 621
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- Geography
- Climate
- History of Pape{{okina}}ete
- Transportation
- Demographics
- Historical population
- Migrations
- Languages
- Travel and tourism
- Main sights
- In popular culture
- Economy
- Education
- Notable people
- Gallery
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Papeete (Tahitian: Papeʻete, pronounced ) is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the French Republic located in the Pacific Ocean. The commune of Papeʻete is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, of which Papeʻete is the administrative capital. Both the President of French Polynesia and French High Commissioner reside in Papeʻete.
It is the primary center of Tahitian and French Polynesian public and private governmental, commercial, industrial, and financial services, the hub of French Polynesian tourism and a commonly used port of call. The Windward Islands are themselves part of the Society Islands. The name Papeʻete, means "water from a basket"— this was an effect of a naming taboo during Pōmare I's reign where the Tahitian contemporary word for water vai was substituted with pape, the old name Vaiʻete is still recognised in some areas such as the Marquesas. The urban area of Papeete had a total population of 124,724 inhabitants at the 2022 census, 26,654 of whom lived in the commune of Papeete proper.