Taioha'e

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Taioha'e
Associated commune of Nuku-Hiva
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View of Taiohae and Taiohae Bay
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Location within Marquesas Islands
Location of Taioha'e
Taioha'e
Coordinates: 8°54′35″S140°6′5″W / 8.90972°S 140.10139°W / -8.90972; -140.10139
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
 • Density518.3/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]

Commodore Porter's fleet with the Essex and her prizes in Massachusetts Bay, Nooaheevah in 1813 USS Essex I.jpg
Commodore Porter's fleet with the Essex and her prizes in Massachusetts Bay, Nooaheevah in 1813

This is the site of Fort Madison, set up by David Porter in 1813.

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References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Taiohae". French Polynesia: Other Islands Sights. Fodor's Travel. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
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