Pīraʻe

Pīraʻe [piːraʔe] is a commune in the suburbs of Papeʻete in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. Pīraʻe is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, themselves part of the Society Islands.^[3] It borders Papeʻete in the west and Arue in the east. At the 2022 census it had a population of 14,068.^[2] The Stade Pater Te Hono Nui is a stadium located in the commune.

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Pīraʻe
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands
Location of Pīraʻe
Coordinates: 17°31′56″S 149°32′28″W / 17.5321°S 149.541°W / -17.5321; -149.541
Country	France
Overseas collectivity	French Polynesia
Subdivision	Windward Islands
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Édouard Fritch[1]
Area 1	35.4 km2 (13.7 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	14,068
• Density	397/km2 (1,030/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−10:00
INSEE/Postal code	98736 /98716
Elevation	0–2,066 m (0–6,778 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
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1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. ^ ^{a b} "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. ^ Décret n° 2005-1611 du 20 décembre 2005 pris pour l'application du statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française, Légifrance

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