Taioha'e
Appearance
Taioha'e | |
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Location within Marquesas Islands | |
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 | 520/km2 (1,300/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]
![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/USS_Essex_I.jpg/220px-USS_Essex_I.jpg)
This is the site of Fort Madison, set up by Porter in 1813.
External links
[edit] Media related to Taiohae at Wikimedia Commons
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.