Taputapuatea

Taputapuātea
UNESCO World Heritage Site
	Tiki on the marae at Taputapuatea
Location	Raiatea, French Polynesia, France
Criteria	Cultural: (iii)(iv)(vi)
Reference	1529
Inscription	2017 (41st Session)
Area	2,124 ha (5,250 acres)
Buffer zone	3,363 ha (8,310 acres)
Coordinates	16°50′29.04″S 151°22′20.56″W
	Location of Taputapuatea in French Polynesia Taputapuatea (Oceania)

Taputapuatea
Taputapuatea
Commune
	View of the ancient marae at the archaeological complex of Taputapuatea, restored in 1994
	Location of the commune (in red) within the Leeward Islands
	Location of Taputapuatea
	Coordinates: 16°50′15″S 151°21′32″W
Country	France
Overseas collectivity	French Polynesia
Subdivision	Leeward Islands
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thomas Moutame
Area 1	88.5 km2 (34.2 sq mi)
Population (2022)	5,007
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−10:00
INSEE/Postal code	98750 /98735
Elevation	0–758 m (0–2,487 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Taputapuatea is a commune of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The commune of Taputapuatea is located on the island of Raiatea, in the administrative subdivision of the Leeward Islands, themselves part of the Society Islands. At the 2022 census it had a population of 5,007.^[2] The commune was named after a large marae complex which was the religious center of eastern Polynesia for roughly 1000 years.^[3] The archaeological site of Taputapuatea marae is still today the most famous landmark of Raiatea, and it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2017.^[3]