Taioha'e

Taioha'e
View of Taiohae and Taiohae Bay
View of Taiohae and Taiohae Bay
Taioha'e is located in Marquesas Islands
Taioha'e
Location within Marquesas Islands
Location of Taioha'e
Map
Coordinates: 8°54′35″S 140°6′5″W / 8.90972°S 140.10139°W / -8.90972; -140.10139
CountryFrance
Overseas collectivityFrench Polynesia
SubdivisionMarquesas Islands
CommuneNuku-Hiva
Area
1
4.279 km2 (1.652 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
2,218
 • Density520/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−9:30
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Taioha'e is the main town on Nuku Hiva island. The town is located on a former volcanic crater, which has partly collapsed into the ocean, creating a bay.[2]

Commodore Porter's fleet with the Essex and her prizes in Massachusetts Bay, Nooaheevah in 1813

This is the site of Fort Madison, set up by Porter in 1813.

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Taiohae". French Polynesia: Other Islands Sights. Fodor's Travel. Retrieved 28 December 2011.