- Bora-Bora
French commune|nomcommune=Bora-Bora
lat_long=
map_size=300px
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mapcaption=Location of the commune (in red) within the Leeward Islands
administrative subdivision=Windward Islands
capital=
overseas collectivity=French Polynesia
administrative subdivision=Leeward Islands
commune centre=Vaitape
insee=98714
cp=98730
mayor=Gaston Tong Sang
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longitude=-151.75|latitude=-16.52
alt moy=|alt mini=0 m|alt maxi=727 m
km²=40.3
sans=8,927
date-sans=Aug. 2007 census
dens=222 [303 pers./km² on the island ofBora Bora proper.] |date-dens=2007 censusBora-Bora is a commune of
French Polynesia , an overseas territory ofFrance in thePacific Ocean . The commune is in the administrative subdivision of the Leeward Islands.The commune of Bora-Bora is made up of the island of
Bora Bora proper with its surroundingislet s emerging from the coral reef (29.3 km²/11.3 sq. miles in total) and of theatoll ofTupai (convert|11|km2|sqmi|1|abbr=on|disp=s), located convert|20|km|mi|0 north of Bora Bora. The atoll of Tupai has no permanent population apart from some workers in the coconut plantations.The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of
Vaitape , on the island of Bora Bora.Footnotes
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