Taiarapu-Ouest
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| Commune of Taiarapu-Ouest | |
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| Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands | |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Overseas community | French Polynesia |
| Administrative subdivision | Windward Islands |
| Commune centre | Vairao |
| Mayor | Roger Doom |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 0 m–1,306 m |
| Land area | 104.3 km² |
| Population¹ (2002 census) |
6,093 |
| - Density (2002 census) | 58/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 98748/ 98725 |
| ¹ Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Taiarapu-Ouest (literally "Taiarapu West") is a commune of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The commune of Taiarapu-Ouest is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, themselves part of the Society Islands.
The commune extends over half of the peninsula of Tahiti Iti ("small Tahiti", aka Taiarapu). The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Vairao.
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