Ua Pou

Ua-Pou
Location of the commune (in red) within the Marquesas Islands
Location of the commune (in red) within the Marquesas Islands
Location of Ua-Pou
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Coordinates: 9°24′00″S 140°04′00″W / 9.40°S 140.0667°W / -9.40; -140.0667
CountryFrance
Overseas collectivityFrench Polynesia
SubdivisionMarquesas Islands
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Joseph Kaiha[1]
Area
1
105.6 km2 (40.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
2,168
 • Density21/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−09:30
INSEE/Postal code
98757 /98745
Elevation0–1,230 m (0–4,035 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ua Pou (French: Ua Pou, North Marquesan: ’uapou)[3] is the third largest of the Marquesas Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ La toponymie des îles Marquises