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Tahuata
Commune
A satellite image of Tahuata
A satellite image of Tahuata
Location of the commune (in red) within the Marquesas Islands
Location of the commune (in red) within the Marquesas Islands
Location of Tahuata
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Coordinates: 9°56′00″S 139°05′00″W / 9.9333°S 139.0833°W / -9.9333; -139.0833
CountryFrance
Overseas collectivityFrench Polynesia
SubdivisionMarquesas Islands
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Félix Barsinas[1]
Area
1
61 km2 (24 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
595
 • Density9.8/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−09:30
INSEE/Postal code
98746 /98743
Elevation0–1,050 m (0–3,445 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tahuata is the smallest of the inhabited Marquesas Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It is located 4 km (2.5 mi.) to the south of the western end of Hiva Oa, across the Canal du Bordelais, called Ha‘ava in Marquesan.

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "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.

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Marquesas Islands

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and Ua Huka). The other is the southern group, consisting of Fatu Uku, Tahuata, Moho Tani (Motane), Terihi, Fatu Hiva, and Motu Nao (also called Thomasset...

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Tahuata rail

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The Tahuata rail (Gallirallus roletti) is an extinct species of flightless bird in the Rallidae, or rail family. It was described in 2007 from subfossil...

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Japan

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Mangareva Niuē-Fekai Nuku Hiva Raiatea Rapa Iti Rarotonga Rimatara Rurutu Tahuata Tahiti Commonwealth realms Barbados Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Fiji The Gambia...

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Thailand

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Mangareva Niuē-Fekai Nuku Hiva Raiatea Rapa Iti Rarotonga Rimatara Rurutu Tahuata Tahiti Commonwealth realms Barbados Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Fiji The Gambia...

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United Arab Emirates

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Mangareva Niuē-Fekai Nuku Hiva Raiatea Rapa Iti Rarotonga Rimatara Rurutu Tahuata Tahiti Commonwealth realms Barbados Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Fiji The Gambia...

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Vaitahu

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Vaitahu is the name of a bay and valley in western Tahuata. It is the location of the most important village on the island. Spanish explorer Álvaro de...

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Cambodia

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Mangareva Niuē-Fekai Nuku Hiva Raiatea Rapa Iti Rarotonga Rimatara Rurutu Tahuata Tahiti Commonwealth realms Barbados Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Fiji The Gambia...

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French Polynesia

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expulsion in 1836 caused France to send a gunboat in 1838. In 1842, Tahiti and Tahuata were declared a French protectorate, to allow Catholic missionaries to...

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Lesotho

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Mangareva Niuē-Fekai Nuku Hiva Raiatea Rapa Iti Rarotonga Rimatara Rurutu Tahuata Tahiti Commonwealth realms Barbados Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Fiji The Gambia...

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Marquesan language

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Pou, and Ua Huka), and South Marquesan in the southern islands (Hiva Oa, Tahuata, and Fatu Hiva). In Ua Huka, which was almost entirely depopulated in the...

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Oceania

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expulsion in 1836 caused France to send a gunboat in 1838. In 1842, Tahiti and Tahuata were declared a French protectorate, to allow Catholic missionaries to...

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Mohotani

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Molopu or Motane) is an uninhabited island southeast of Hiva Oa and east of Tahuata in the southern Marquesas Islands. It has an area of 15 km2. Much of the...

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List of islands in the Pacific Ocean

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List of islands of France

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Pou Southern Marquesas Fatu Hiva Fatu Huku Hiva Oa Moho Tani Motu Nao Tahuata Terihi Society Islands (Îles de la Société) Leeward Islands (Îles Sous-le-Vent)...

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List of Marquesas Islands

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Hood's Island Hiva ʻOa (including Hanakee) Hivaoa Hiva Hoa Hiavaoa Dominica Tahuata Taahuata Tuhuata Santa Christina Moho Tani Motane Mohotane San Pedro Fatu...

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Monarchy of Ireland

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Mangareva Niuē-Fekai Nuku Hiva Raiatea Rapa Iti Rarotonga Rimatara Rurutu Tahuata Tahiti Commonwealth realms Barbados Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Fiji The Gambia...

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Myrsine tahuatensis

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species of plant in the family Primulaceae. It is endemic to the island of Tahuata, in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. Florence, J. (1998). "Myrsine...

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List of former sovereign states

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Kingdom of Rimatara (till 1901, French protectorate since 1888) Kingdom of Tahuata (till 1880, French protectorate since 1842) Kingdom of Rapa Iti (till 1881...

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Marquesas swamphen

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the Marquesas Islands Hiva Oa and Tahuata. It was originally described from 600-year-old subfossil remains from Tahuata and Hiva Oa. It may have survived...

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1842

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of South Carolina, is established. The Polynesian islands of Tahiti and Tahuata are declared a protectorate of France. The New Zealand seat of government...

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Glochidion marchionicum

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where it grows on the islands of Nuku Hiva, Ua Pou, Ua Huka, Hiva Oa, Tahuata, and Fatu Hiva, in a variety of habitats. Florence, J. (1998). "Glochidion...

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Nuku

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landmass, as well as the whole of the tribes of the neighboring island of Tahuata. Handy, E. S. Craighill. The Native Culture in the Marquesas. Bernice Pauahi...

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Samoana inflata

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gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. It was endemic to Hiva Oa and Tahuata in the Marquesas Islands and went extinct in the 1990s or 2000s. Coote...

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Hiva Oa

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anchorages on the island. Hiva Oa is separated from the nearby island of Tahuata to its south by a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide channel called Ha'ava or the...

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List of French flags

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Flag Date Use Description 1837–1842 Flag of Kingdom of Tahuata 1835 Flag of Kingdom of Taiohae...

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Sources: [1] Marquesas Islands : Fatu Hiva Hiva Oa Nuku Hiva (chef-lieu) Tahuata Ua Huka Ua Pou Windward Islands (Society Islands) : Arue Faa‘a Hitia’a...

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Samoana decussatula

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French Polynesia. It has also been recorded from the neighbouring island of Tahuata, but its presence there has not been confirmed. Coote, T. (2009). "Samoana...

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