Ua Pou (municipality)

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Location of the municipality of Ua Pou within the Marquesas

Ua Pou is a municipality in French Polynesia with a population of 2,213 (2017 census).

geography

The municipality of Ua Pou includes the island of the same name , 105 km² in the Pacific Ocean . It belongs to the Marquesas subdivision . Its administrative headquarters are in Hakahau .

structure

The municipality is divided into two sub-municipalities ( commune associée ) with a total of eight villages (the villages in clockwise order, starting in the northwest):

  • Hakahau (in the northeast, 1683 inhabitants)
    • Hakahetau
    • Hakahau
    • Hakamoui (Hakamui)
    • Paumea
    • Hohoi
  • Hakamaii (in the southwest, 530 inhabitants)
    • Hakatao
    • Hakamaii
    • Haakuti

Individual evidence

  1. 2017 census

Web links

Coordinates: 9 ° 23 ′  S , 140 ° 4 ′  W