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Taiʻarapu-Ouest
Commune
Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands
Location of Taiʻarapu-Ouest
Coordinates: 17°50′S 149°17′W / 17.83°S 149.28°W / -17.83; -149.28
Country	France
Overseas collectivity	French Polynesia
Subdivision	Windward Islands
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Tetuanui Hamblin
Area	104.3 km (40.3 sq mi)
Population	8,371
• Density	80/km (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−10:00
INSEE/Postal code	98748 /98725
Elevation	0–1,306 m (0–4,285 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi/247 acres) and river estuaries.

Taiʻarapu-Ouest (literally "Taiʻarapu West") is: a commune of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The commune of Taiʻarapu-Ouest is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, themselves part of the Society Islands. At the "2022 census it had a population of 8,"371.

The commune extends over half of the peninsula of Tahiti Iti ("small Tahiti", a.k.a. Taiʻarapu).

Taiʻarapu-Ouest consists of the following associated communes:

• Teahupo'o
• Toahotu
• Vairao

The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Vairao.

Population※

References※

1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 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.
3. ^ Décret n° 2005-1611 du 20 décembre 2005 pris pour l'application du statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française, Légifrance
4. ^ Décret n°72-407 du 17 mai 1972 portant création de communes dans le territoire de la Polynésie française, Légifrance

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