Moorea-Maiao

Moorea-Maiao is a commune of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The commune is in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands.[1] At the 2017 census it had a population of 17,816.[2]

Moorea-Maiao
Flag
Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands. The atoll of Maiao lies outside of the map.
Location of Moorea-Maiao
Coordinates: 17°31′35″S 149°49′05″W
CountryFrance
Overseas collectivityFrench Polynesia
SubdivisionWindward Islands
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Evans Haumani
Area
1
141.8 km2 (54.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
17,816
  Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−10:00
INSEE/Postal code
98729 /98728
Elevation0–1,207 m (0–3,960 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The commune of Moorea-Maiao is made up of the island of Moorea (133 km²/51 sq. miles; 17,463 inhabitants at the 2017 census) and the much smaller atoll of Maiao (8.8 km²/3.4 sq. miles; 353 inhabitants at the 2017 census),[2] located 78 km (48 mi) southwest of Moorea.

Moorea-Maiao consists of the following associated communes:

Commune
associée
Area
(km²)[3]
Population
2017-08-17[4]
Bevölkerungs-
dichte[5]
Afareaitu23,83674154,4
Haapiti38,84254109,6
Paopao30,04639154,6
Papetoai25,4232992,8
Teavaro15,82567162,5
Maiao8,335342,5
Commune
Moorea-Maiao
141,817816125,6

The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Afareaitu, on the island of Moorea.[6]

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