Tahaa
Taha’a (sometimes spelled as "Tahaa") is an island located among the western group, the Leeward Islands, of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The islands of Taha’a and neighboring Raiatea to the immediate south are enclosed by the same coral reef, and they may once have been a single island. At the 2017 census it had a population of 5,234. The island has an area of 90 km2. Mount Ohiri is the highest mountain on the island standing at 590 m above sea level. It is also known as the "Vanilla Island" and produces pearls of exceptional quality.
Taha’a is spelled in Tahitian using the apostrophe (in fact a variant of it, the okina, hard to differentiate from the regular apostrophe when using small fonts) to represent the glottal stop, as promoted by the Académie Tahitienne and accepted by the territorial government. This apostrophe, however, is often omitted. In old travelogues, the transcription Oataha is sometimes used.
Taha’a is spelled in Tahitian using the apostrophe (in fact a variant of it, the okina, hard to differentiate from the regular apostrophe when using small fonts) to represent the glottal stop, as promoted by the Académie Tahitienne and accepted by the territorial government. This apostrophe, however, is often omitted. In old travelogues, the transcription Oataha is sometimes used.
Map - Tahaa
Map
Country - French_Polynesia
French Polynesia is divided into five groups of islands:
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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XPF | CFP franc | â‚£ | 0 |
ISO | Language |
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FR | French language |
TY | Tahitian language |