Tai o Hae
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Taiohae located at the head of a wide bay of the same name, on the south side of Nuku Hiva
Nuku Hiva
Nuku Hiva is the largest of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It was formerly also known as Île Marchand and Madison Island....

, is the principal settlement of Nuku Hiva. It is the administrative centre of the commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 (municipality) of Nuku-Hiva
Nuku-Hiva
Nuku-Hiva is a commune of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The commune is in the administrative subdivision of the Marquesas Islands....

 as well as the capital of the administrative subdivision of the Marquesas Islands
Marquesas Islands
The Marquesas Islands enana and Te Fenua `Enata , both meaning "The Land of Men") are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. The Marquesas are located at 9° 00S, 139° 30W...

, having replaced Atuona
Atuona
Atuona, located on Atuona Bay on the southern side of Hiva Oa island, is the administrative centre of the commune of Hiva-Oa. Atuona was the capital of all the Marquesas Islands but it has been replaced by Taiohae ....

 (located on Hiva Oa
Hiva Oa
Hiva Oa is the second largest island in the Marquesas Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It is the largest island of the Southern Marquesas group. According to local religion, the gods created the islands as their home. Therefore all islands have...

) as the Marquesas' capital.

On either side of the entrance to the bay are two small islands, called "The Sentinels". The western "sentinel" is called Motu Nui, and the eastern one is Mata ‘Ua Puna. The landscape of the town is dominated by Muake, a mountain rising behind the town to an elevation of 864 m (2,835 feet) above sea level, along the southern edge of the Tōvi‘i
Tovi'i
Tovi‘i is a high plateau in western Nuku Hiva IN French Polynesia, located in the traditional province of Te I‘i. The primary vegetation of the plateau is tall grasses....

 plateau
Plateau
In geology and earth science, a plateau , also called a high plain or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain. A highly eroded plateau is called a dissected plateau...

. The cathedral Notre-Dame des Marquises is located in the eastern part of the town.
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