Pīraʻe
commune in Tahiti, French Polynesia
Pīraʻe [piːraʔe] is a commune in the suburbs of Papeʻete in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. Pīraʻe is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, themselves part of the Society Islands. It borders Papeʻete in the west and Arue in the east. At the 2022 census it had a population of 14,068. The Stade Pater Te Hono Nui is a stadium located in the commune.
“Pīraʻe” enters the record as commune in Tahiti, French Polynesia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Pīraʻe, commune and Tahiti can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1788497. VIAF identifies the subject as 2035148574261324430005. Authority coordinates are -17.524, -149.523. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2022.
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