Taputapuatea

{{short description|Commune in French Polynesia, France}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Taputapuatea

|commune status = Commune

|image = Marae, Raiatea 2.jpg

|caption = View of the ancient marae at the archaeological complex of Taputapuatea, restored in 1994

|map size = 270

|adjustable map = Taputapuatea.png

|map caption = Location of the commune (in red) within the Leeward Islands

|administrative subdivision=Leeward Islands

|utc offset = −10:00

|INSEE = 98750

|postal code = 98735

|mayor = Thomas Moutame{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|coordinates = {{coord|-16.8375|-151.3589|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m =

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 758

|area km2 = 88.5

|population = 5007

|population date = 2022

|population footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.ispf.pf/content//uploads/RP_2022_Decret_n_2022_1592_du_20_decembre_2022_authentifiant_les_resultats_du_recensement_de_la_population_2022_JOPF_778cd9be0e.pdf|title= Les résultats du recensement de la population 2022 de Polynésie française|language=fr|trans-title=Results of the 2022 population census of French Polynesia|publisher=Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française|date=January 2023}}

}}

{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site

| WHS = Taputapuātea

| image = Taputapu marae Raiatea little man.jpg

| image_upright = 1.2

| caption = Tiki on the marae at Taputapuatea

| location = Raiatea, French Polynesia, France

| criteria = {{UNESCO WHS type|(iii)(iv)(vi)}}(iii)(iv)(vi)

| ID = 1529

| coordinates = {{coord|16|50|29.04|S|151|22|20.56|W|format=dms}}

| year = 2017

| area = {{convert|2,124|ha|acre|abbr=on}}

| buffer_zone = {{convert|3,363|ha|acre|abbr=on}}

| locmapin = French Polynesia#Oceania

| map_caption =

}}

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. The commune was named after a large marae complex which was the religious center of eastern Polynesia for roughly 1000 years.{{cite web |url = https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1529 |title=Taputapuātea |publisher= United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |access-date=16 January 2021}} 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.

Taputapuatea consists of the following associated communes:

• Avera
• Opoa
• Puohine

The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Avera.