Tautira | |
|---|---|
 Tautira Beach and surrounding mountains | |
  Location within Tahiti | |
Location of Tautira  | |
| Coordinates: 17°44′50″S 149°9′40″W / 17.74722°S 149.16111°W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
| Commune | Taiarapu-Est |
| Population (2022)[1] | 2,527 |
| Time zone | UTC−10:00 |
Tautira is a Polynesian beach village, valley, and point on the south-east coast of the island of Tahiti in the Pacific. It is part of the commune Taiʻarapu-Est. With a population of 2,527 (in 2022), it is located 49 kilometres southeast of the Tahitian capital of Papeete on the coast of Tautira Bay, at the end of what is the largest valley of the Taiarapu Peninsula. Domingo de Bonechea visited the area in 1772 and attempted to spread Christianity here; James Cook landed at Tautira Bay during his voyage. Robert Louis Stevenson referred to the village as “The Garden of the World”, staying here to recover from illness in 1886. The village contains a Catholic church.
- ^ "Les résultats du recensement de la population 2022 de Polynésie française" [Results of the 2022 population census of French Polynesia] (PDF) (in French). Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. January 2023.