Taiohae
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. This is the site of Fort Madison, set up by David Porter in 1813.
- Town with 1,220 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 23 metres (75 feet)
- Description: human settlement in French Polynesia
Places of Interest
Highlights include Notre Dame Cathedral.
Notre Dame Cathedral
Church
Notre Dame Cathedral is a 20th-century church that…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Madison and Hatihe’u.
Fort Madison
Locality
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Fort Madison, on Nuku Hiva at Taioha'e Bay, was the…
Hatihe’u
Village
Hatihe'u is a village in Nuku Hiva, in the Marquesas Islands. Hatihe’u is situated 9 km north of Taiohae.
Taiohae
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Latitude
-8.90912° or 8° 54′ 33″ south
Longitude
-140.10262° or 140° 6′ 9″ west
UN/LOCODE
PF TAI
Open location code
633X3VRW+9X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Taiohae” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ታይኦሃዬ”
- Arabic: “تايوهاي”
- Azerbaijani: “Taiohae”
- Bengali: “তাইওহাই”
- Bulgarian: “Таиохае”
- Catalan: “Taiohae”
- Cebuano: “Taiohae”
- Chinese: “泰奧哈埃”
- Dutch: “Taiohae”
- French: “Hakapehi”
- French: “Tai o Hae”
- French: “Taiohae”
- French: “Taïohaé”
- German: “Taiohae”
- Hausa: “Taiohae”
- Hebrew: “טאיאוהא”
- Hindi: “ताइओहाइ”
- Indonesian: “Taiohae”
- Italian: “Taiohae”
- Japanese: “タイオハエ”
- Javanese: “Taiohae”
- Kazakh: “Таиохаэ”
- Kirghiz: “Таиохаэ”
- Malay: “Taiohae”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Taiohae”
- Norwegian: “Taiohae”
- Oromo: “Taiohae”
- Panjabi: “ਤਾਇਓਹਾਇ”
- Persian: “تایواهای”
- Polish: “Taiohae”
- Portuguese: “Taiohae”
- Pushto: “تایوهای”
- Russian: “Таиохаэ”
- Serbian: “Таиохае”
- Slovenian: “Taiohae”
- Somali: “Taiohae”
- Spanish: “Taiohae”
- Swahili: “Taiohae”
- Tahitian: “Taiohae”
- Tajik: “Таиохаэ”
- Tatar: “Таиохаэ”
- Turkish: “Taiohae”
- Urdu: “تائیو ہائے”
- Urdu: “تائیوہائے”
- Uzbek: “Taiohae”
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