Coordinates: 8°54′35″S 140°6′5″W / 8.90972°S 140.10139°W / -8.90972; -140.10139

Taioha'e

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Taioha'e
View of Taiohae and Taiohae Bay
View of Taiohae and Taiohae Bay
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Location within Marquesas Islands
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CountryFrance
Overseas collectivityFrench Polynesia
SubdivisionMarquesas Islands
CommuneNuku-Hiva
Area
1
4.279 km2 (1.652 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
2,218
 • Density518.3/km2 (1,343/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−9:30
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Taioha'e is the main town on Nuku Hiva island. The town is located on a former volcanic crater, which has partly collapsed into the ocean, creating a bay.[2]

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Commodore Porter's fleet with the Essex and her prizes in Massachusetts Bay, Nooaheevah in 1813

This is the site of Fort Madison, set up by David Porter in 1813.

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