- Taiarapu-Est
French commune|nomcommune=Taiarapu-Est
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mapcaption=Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands. The island of Mehetia lies outside of the map.
overseas collectivity=French Polynesia
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administrative subdivision=Windward Islands
commune centre=Taravao
insee=98747
cp=98719
mayor=Sylve Perry
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longitude=-149.32|latitude=-17.73
alt moy=|alt mini=0 m|alt maxi=1,306 m
km²=218.3
sans=11,549
date-sans=Aug. 2007 census
dens=53|date-dens=2007 census|Taiarapu-Est (literally "Taiarapu East") is a commune of
French Polynesia , an overseas territory ofFrance in thePacific Ocean . The commune of Taiarapu-Est is located on the island ofTahiti , in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, themselves part of theSociety Islands .The commune extends over a part of Tahiti Nui ("big Tahiti") and half of the peninsula of Tahiti Iti ("small Tahiti", aka Taiarapu). The commune also includes the uninhabited island of
Mehetia (2.3 km²/0.9 sq. miles), located 112 km (70 miles) east of Tahiti Iti. The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement ofTaravao , on theisthmus linking Tahiti Nui and Tahiti Iti.
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