Taiarapu-Ouest

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Commune of Taiarapu-Ouest
Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands
Administration
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
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 98748/ 98725
¹ Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France

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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