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Papeete
Commune
Marina of Papeete and city centre
Marina of Papeete and city centre
Papeete is located in France
Papeete
Papeete
Location in France
Country France
Overseas collectivity French Polynesia
Arrondissement Papeete1.png
Area
1
 17.4 km2 (6.7 sq mi)
 • Urban
299.5 km2 (115.6 sq mi)
Population
 (August 2017 census)
 26,926
 • Density 1,547/km2 (4,008/sq mi)
 • Urban
136,771
 • Urban density 456.66/km2 (1,182.76/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−10:00
INSEE/Postal code
98735 /98714
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Papeete is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the French Republic. The commune is located on the north-west of the island of Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean. As of 2017, there were 26,926 people living there.

Images for kids

  • Papeete Town Hall, Papeete, 2009

    Papeete Town Hall, a replica of the Royal Palace of Papeete razed in the 1960s

  • Marché Papeete2

    Marché Papeete

  • PapeeteWaterfront2003

    Papeete waterfront

  • Immeuble Dexter - Pont de L’Est - Papeete - Tahiti - Polynésie française

    Immeuble Dexter, the head office of Air Tahiti Nui

  • Présidence.Papeete

    Présidence

  • Cathédrale.Papeete

    Notre Dame Cathedral

  • Ppt-temple-paofai

    Paofai Temple

See also

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