Teahupo'o
Sign in to saveTeahupoo () is a village on the southeastern coast of the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia, France, in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is known for the large, consistent surf that occurs off its shore, and resulting international surfing competitions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Taiarapu-Ouest
- Region
- Polynésie Française
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,422
- Timezone
- Pacific/Tahiti
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Teahupoo
- French commune.INSEE
- 987
- French commune.postal code
- 98723
- French commune.type
- Associated commune
- French commune.commune
- Taiarapu-Ouest
- French commune.utc offset
- −10:00
- French commune.map caption
- Location within Tahiti
- French commune.population
- 1455
- French commune.population date
- 2022
- French commune.image
- Teahupoo pk.jpg
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Teahupo'o
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Taiarapu-Ouest
- Time zone
- UTC−10:00
- Sport
- surfing
- Image
- Tahiti, French Polynesia - Teahupo'o (48041249403).jpg
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- Commons category
- Teahupoo
- replaced by
- Taiarapu-Ouest
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1972-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Village
- Geography
- Surfing history
- 2024 Summer Olympics
- See also
- References
- External links
Teahupoo () is a village on the southeastern coast of the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia, France, in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is known for the large, consistent surf that occurs off its shore, and resulting international surfing competitions.
== Village == The village of Teahupoʻo has a population of roughly 1,500. The village has a single, one-lane road. The name loosely translates from Tahitian to English as "to sever the head" or "place of skulls", in reference to a battle that once took place in the village. The village's population has been significantly affected by radioactivity generated in a 1974 French test of a nuclear bomb.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Teahupo'o” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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