Hao (French Polynesia)

Hao
Hao
Commune
	Flag
	Location of Hao
	Coordinates: 18°04′31″S 140°56′43″W / 18.0753°S 140.9453°W
Country	France
Overseas collectivity	French Polynesia
Subdivision	Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yseult Butcher
Area 1	65.0 km2 (25.1 sq mi)
Population (2022)	1,227
• Density	19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−10:00
INSEE/Postal code	98720 /98767
Elevation	0–3 m (0.0–9.8 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hao
	NASA picture of Hao Atoll
	Hao
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	18°4′31″S 140°56′43″W / 18.07528°S 140.94528°W
Archipelago	Tuamotus
Area	720 km2 (280 sq mi) (lagoon); 35 km2 (14 sq mi) (above water)
Length	50 km (31 mi)
Width	14 km (8.7 mi)
Highest elevation	3 m (10 ft)
Administration
	France
Overseas collectivity	French Polynesia
Administrative subdivision	Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
Commune	Hao
Largest settlement	Otepa
Demographics
Population	1009 (2022)

Hao, or Haorangi,^[3] is a large coral atoll in the central part of the Tuamotu Archipelago. It has c. 1000 people living on 35 km² (14 sq mi). It was used to house the military support base for the nuclear tests on Mururoa. Because of its shape, French explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville named it "Île de la Harpe" (Harp Island).

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ Young, J.L. (1899). "Names of the Paumotu Islands, with the old names so far as they are known". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 8 (4): 264–268. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2015.