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Pāʻea - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 17°41′34″S 149°35′14″W / 17.6928°S 149.5873°W

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Pāʻea
Commune
The town hall of Paea
Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands
Location of Pāʻea
Coordinates: 17°41′34″S 149°35′14″W / 17.6928°S 149.5873°W / -17.6928; -149.5873
Country	France
Overseas collectivity	French Polynesia
Subdivision	Windward Islands
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Antony Geros^[1]
Area ¹	64.5 km² (24.9 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	12,756
• Density	200/km² (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−10:00
INSEE/Postal code	98733 /98711
Elevation	0–1,501 m (0–4,925 ft) (avg. 5 m or 16 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pāʻea is a commune in the suburbs of Papeʻete in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. Pāʻea is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, themselves part of the Society Islands.^[3] At the 2022 census it had a population of 12,756.^[2]

Tahiti's west coast freeway runs through Pāʻea and ends in Teahupoʻo down south. Going northbound would take drivers toward Papeʻete.

The area of Pāʻea was first settled by Polynesian explorers. Captain James Cook had arrived in 1769. Pāʻea was part of the Kingdom of Tahiti until France claimed the islands of French Polynesia. The Faaa International Airport was built in 1962 and opened later on. The now defunct Air Moorea's flight 1121 crashed while it was flying to Moʻorea. Close to where the crash site is located lies a rock with the names of those people killed in the accident.

Moʻorea is north of Pāʻea and is seen as a gray mound sticking out of the Pacific Ocean. Mount Orohena is a major mountain nearby measuring 7,330 feet tall.

Geography

Climate

Pāʻea has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Pāʻea is 25.9 °C (78.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,221.3 mm (87.45 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in March, at around 27.3 °C (81.1 °F), and lowest in July, at around 24.3 °C (75.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Paea was 35.1 °C (95.2 °F) on 19 March 1998; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 15.9 °C (60.6 °F) on 30 August 1976.

Climate data for Paea (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1971−2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	34.9 (94.8)	34.5 (94.1)	35.1 (95.2)	34.5 (94.1)	33.4 (92.1)	32.6 (90.7)	32.8 (91.0)	32.1 (89.8)	32.5 (90.5)	33.2 (91.8)	34.1 (93.4)	34.3 (93.7)	35.1 (95.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	31.4 (88.5)	31.4 (88.5)	31.7 (89.1)	31.0 (87.8)	29.8 (85.6)	28.8 (83.8)	28.5 (83.3)	28.7 (83.7)	29.1 (84.4)	29.8 (85.6)	30.2 (86.4)	30.5 (86.9)	30.1 (86.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	27.1 (80.8)	27.0 (80.6)	27.3 (81.1)	26.8 (80.2)	25.8 (78.4)	24.8 (76.6)	24.3 (75.7)	24.4 (75.9)	24.8 (76.6)	25.5 (77.9)	26.0 (78.8)	26.5 (79.7)	25.9 (78.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.7 (72.9)	22.6 (72.7)	22.9 (73.2)	22.6 (72.7)	21.9 (71.4)	20.9 (69.6)	20.2 (68.4)	20.1 (68.2)	20.6 (69.1)	21.2 (70.2)	21.9 (71.4)	22.5 (72.5)	21.7 (71.1)
Record low °C (°F)	19.2 (66.6)	20.0 (68.0)	20.1 (68.2)	19.0 (66.2)	18.3 (64.9)	16.2 (61.2)	16.3 (61.3)	15.9 (60.6)	17.0 (62.6)	17.5 (63.5)	18.0 (64.4)	19.0 (66.2)	15.9 (60.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	208.5 (8.21)	185.9 (7.32)	198.8 (7.83)	142.9 (5.63)	171.0 (6.73)	169.6 (6.68)	128.2 (5.05)	147.9 (5.82)	166.6 (6.56)	170.2 (6.70)	208.8 (8.22)	322.9 (12.71)	2,221.3 (87.45)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	15.2	13.0	12.8	10.4	10.0	9.0	8.1	7.4	9.4	10.7	13.3	16.7	136.0
Source: Meteociel^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2002	12,052	—
2007	12,084	+0.3%
2012	12,541	+3.8%
2017	13,021	+3.8%
2022	12,756	−2.0%

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ ^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.
^ Décret n° 2005-1611 du 20 décembre 2005 pris pour l'application du statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française, Légifrance
^ "Normales et records pour Paea 2 (987)". Meteociel. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

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