Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia - view of port - postcard c.1970s

• Postcard

   

• Picture / Image:  Tahiti - Panorama sur le port de Papeete
• Publisher: Veronese
• Postally used: no
• Stamp:  n/a
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Papeete (pronounced [pa.pe.ʔe.te]^[3]) is the capital of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. The commune (municipality) of Papeete is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, of which Papeete is the administrative capital. The French High Commissioner also resides in Papeete.^[4] It is the primary center of Tahitian and French Polynesian public and private governmental, commercial, industrial and financial services, the hub of French Polynesian tourism and a commonly used port of call.^[4] The Windward Islands are themselves part of the Society Islands. The name Papeete^{[Note 1]} means "water from a basket".^[5]

The urban area of Papeete had a total population of 136,771 inhabitants at the August 2017 census, 26,926 of whom lived in the commune of Papeete proper.^[2]

The commune of Papeete is subdivided into eleven quartiers (wards):^[6][7][8]

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