Nuku Hiva (municipality)

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Location of the Nuku Hiva community

Nuku Hiva is a community in French Polynesia , in the archipelago of the Marquesas . It includes the island of Nuku Hiva and the smaller, northwest of it, uninhabited islands Eiao , Hatutu , Motu One and Motu Iti .

The municipality is divided into three sub-municipalities (with population figures as of 2007):

  • Taiohai (1927), southwest, main town, with the uninhabited islands of Eiao, Hatutu, Motu One and Motu Iti
  • Hatiheu (348), north
  • Taipivai (385), southeast

The municipality mark covers 387.8 km². The highest elevation reaches 1224 m. ü. M.

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