Tubuai (Austral Islands)

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Coordinates: 23°23′S 149°27′W / -23.38, -149.45

Commune of Tubuai
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Collectivités d'outre-mer
Department	French Polynesia
Arrondissement	-
Canton	-
Intercommunality	-
Mayor	Chantal Tahiata (-)
Statistics
Elevation	-–422 m (avg. -)
Land area¹	45 km²
Population² (2002)	2 171
- Density	48/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	98753/ 98754
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Tubuai is the name of a group of islands and also the name of its main island, being part of the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, in the Pacific Ocean. Tubuai, the main island of the Tubuai Island group, is located at 23°23′00″S, 149°27′00″W. It is 640 km south of Tahiti. It sustains a population of 2,049 people on 45 km² of land. Tubuai was annexed by France in 1881.

Tubuai is portrayed as an island of cannibals in one of the movie versions of the Mutiny on the Bounty novel.

[edit] Administration

Tubuai is the administrative capital of the Austral Islands, and the commune consists solely of the one island.

[edit] See also

• Islands controlled by France in the Indian and Pacific oceans

v • d • e Austral Islands of French Polynesia Tubuai Islands:  Tubuai • Raivavae • Rimatara • Rurutu • Maria Bass Islands:  Rapa • Marotiri Archipelagos of French Polynesia:  Australs • Gambiers • Marquesas • Societies • Tuamotus