Papeete

capital of French Polynesia
Place commune_of_french_polynesia Q130800
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Papeete

Summary

Papeete is a commune of French Polynesia[1]. Papeete ranks in the top 4% of commune_of_french_polynesia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,017 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Papeete is located in Windward Islands[3].
  • Papeete is in the country of France[4].
  • Papeete is on the body of water Port de Papeete[5].
  • Papeete's head of government is recorded as Michel Buillard[6].
  • Papeete's image is recorded as Papeete - Marina Taina.JPG[7].
  • Papeete's instance of is recorded as commune of French Polynesia[8].
  • Papeete's instance of is recorded as city[9].
  • Papeete's official language is recorded as French[10].
  • Papeete's flag image is recorded as Flag of Papeete, France (FP).png[11].
  • Papeete's shares border with is recorded as Pirae[12].
  • Papeete's shares border with is recorded as Faʻaʻā[13].
  • Papeete's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nice[14].
  • Papeete's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nouméa[15].
  • Papeete's twinned administrative body is recorded as Changning[16].
  • Papeete's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 145443250[17].
  • Papeete's GND ID is recorded as 4115840-4[18].
  • Papeete's locator map image is recorded as Papeete1.png[19].
  • Papeete's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82137183[20].
  • Papeete's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11883124b[21].
  • Papeete's IdRef ID is recorded as 026618494[22].
  • Papeete's postal code is recorded as 98714[23].
  • Papeete's postal code is recorded as 98713[24].
  • Papeete's Commons category is recorded as Papeete[25].
  • Papeete's Insee municipality code is recorded as 98735[26].
  • Papeete's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 5829526[27].

Body

Geography

Papeete is in the country of France[4]. Papeete is located in Windward Islands[3]. Papeete is on the body of water Port de Papeete[5].

Physical Characteristics

Papeete's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+17.4'}[28]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9'}[29] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+621'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+25769'}[31], {'amount': '+26017'}[32], {'amount': '+26926'}[33], and {'amount': '+26654'}[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include commune of French Polynesia[8] and city[9].

History and Context

+1818-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Papeete[35].

Why It Matters

Papeete ranks in the top 4% of commune_of_french_polynesia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,017 views/month).[2] Papeete has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Papeete is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . ville-papeete.pf. Retrieved . ville-papeete.pf. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . ville-papeete.pf. Retrieved . ville-papeete.pf. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . ville-papeete.pf. ville-papeete.pf. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . ville-papeete.pf. Retrieved . ville-papeete.pf. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [5] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . dataset of postal codes in France. Retrieved . ville-papeete.pf. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . ville-papeete.pf. Retrieved . ville-papeete.pf. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . ville-papeete.pf. ville-papeete.pf. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [28] . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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