Papeete
capital of French Polynesia
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Summary
Papeete is a commune of French Polynesia[1]. Papeete ranks in the top 4% of commune of french polynesia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,169 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Windward Islands[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Port de Papeete[5]
- Head of government: Michel Buillard[6]
- Instance of: city[7]
- Official language: French[8]
- Shares border with: Pirae[9], Faʻaʻā[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Nice[11], Nouméa[12], Changning[13]
- Postal code: 98714[14], 98713[15]
- Commons category: Papeete[16]
- Located in time zone: UTC−10:00[17]
- Archives at: archives municipales de Papeete[18]
- Inception: 1818[19]
- Located in/on physical feature: Tahiti[20]
- Official website: https://www.ville-papeete.pf/[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Papeete[22]
- Commons gallery: Papeete[23]
- Population: 25,769[24], 26,017[25], 26,926[26], 26,654[27]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Papeete[28]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[31]
- Capital of: French Polynesia[32], Q88523611[33], Tahiti[34]
- Official name: Papeete[35], Pape’ete[36]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Papeete[37]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Papeete[38]
- Native label: Pape’ete[39]
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Physical Characteristics
Papeete covers an area of 17.4 km²[40]. Elevations include 9 m[41] and 621 m[42].
Why It Matters
Papeete has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Papeete is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]