Papeete is the capital of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean, on the island of Tahiti within the Windward Islands, with 26,654 residents in the commune proper and an urban area of 124,274 as of the 2022 census. Its name means "water from a basket," a name adopted during a historical taboo on the site's original name. German warships shelled Papeete in 1914 during the First World War, causing loss of life and damage, and the city grew substantially after France moved its nuclear weapons testing program to nearby atolls in the 1960s, which brought major infrastructure investment including the international airport. Papeete remains the center of French Polynesia's government, commerce, industry and finance and the hub of its tourism.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m)Commune elevation ranges 0-621 m per the infobox elevation min/max fields; this records the minimum, the sea-level downtown area, not a single-point summit figure. FAQs
Which languages do people in the Papeete area speak at home?
Mostly French, then Tahitian at 13.5 percent, per the 2017 census.
At the 2017 census, residents of the Papeete urban area aged 15 and older most often reported French as the language they spoke most at home, and that share was up from 79.7 percent at the 2007 census. Another 13.5 percent said Tahitian was the language they spoke most at home, down from 16.5 percent in 2007.
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1. Papeete (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
The urban area of Papeʻete had a total population of 124,274 inhabitants at the 2022 census, 26,654 of whom lived in the commune of Papeʻete proper.
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2022
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17.4
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0
Infobox, coordinates field
-17.535, -149.5696
On Continent: Australia
Papeete (Tahitian: Papeʻete, pronounced [pa.pe.ʔe.te]) is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the French Republic located in the Pacific Ocean.
In Group: Cities of Oceania (World), Lead paragraph
is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the French Republic located in the Pacific Ocean
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Papeete
- Wikidata Q130800, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).
- Wikidata Q130800 P571
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