Taha'a

Taha’a
Taha’a
Commune
	Location of the commune (in red) within the Leeward Islands
	Location of Taha’a
	Coordinates: 16°37′00″S 151°30′00″W / 16.6167°S 151.5°W
Country	France
Overseas collectivity	French Polynesia
Subdivision	Leeward Islands
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patricia Amaru
Area 1	90.2 km2 (34.8 sq mi)
Population (2022)	5,296
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−10:00
INSEE/Postal code	98745 /98733
Elevation	0–590 m (0–1,936 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Taha’a (sometimes spelled as "Tahaa") is an island located among the western group, the Leeward Islands, of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the South Pacific Ocean. The islands of Taha’a and neighboring Raiatea to the immediate south are enclosed by the same coral reef, and they may once have been a single island. At the 2022 census it had a population of 5,296.^[2] The island has an area of 90 square kilometres (35 square miles). Mount Ohiri is the highest mountain on the island standing at 590 metres (1,940 ft) above sea level. It is also known as the "Vanilla Island" and produces pearls of exceptional quality.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ ^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.

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.

[pop2022-2] "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.

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