Fatu-Hiva | |
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 Flag | |
 Location of the commune (in red) within the Marquesas Islands | |
Location of Fatu-Hiva  | |
| Coordinates: 10°29′00″S 138°38′00″W / 10.4833°S 138.6333°W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
| Subdivision | Marquesas Islands |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Henri Tuieinui[1] |
Area 1 | 85 km2 (33 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 600 |
| • Density | 7.1/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−09:30 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 98718 /98740 |
| Elevation | 0–1,125 m (0–3,691 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Fatu-Hiva (the "H" is not pronounced, see name section below) is the southernmost island of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. With Motu Nao as its closest neighbour, it is also the most isolated of the inhabited islands.
Fatu Hiva is also the title of a book by explorer and archaeologist Thor Heyerdahl, in which he describes his stay on the island in the 1930s.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "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.