Bora-Bora is a commune of

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, an overseas territory of

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in the

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. The commune is in the administrative subdivision of the Leeward Islands. Its population was 10,549 at the 2017 census.Répartition de la population en Polynésie française en 2017
Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française The commune of Bora-Bora is made up of the island of

Bora Bora Bora Bora (French: ''Bora-Bora''; Tahitian: ''Pora Pora'') is an island group in the Leeward Islands. The Leeward Islands comprise the western part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, which is an overseas collectivity of the Frenc ...

proper with its surrounding

islet An islet is a very small, often unnamed island. Most definitions are not precise, but some suggest that an islet has little or no vegetation and cannot support human habitation. It may be made of rock, sand and/or hard coral; may be perman ...

s emerging from the coral reef (30.55 km²/11.3 sq. miles in total) and of the

atoll An atoll () is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical oceans and seas where corals can ...

of Tupai (), located north of Bora Bora. The atoll of Tupai has no permanent population apart from some seasonal workers in the coconut plantations. The surrounding islets include Motu Tapu, Motu Ahuna,

Tevairoa Motu Tevairoa is a island in the Bora Bora Islands Group, within the Society Islands of French Polynesia. It is the located between Haapiti Rahi, and Ahuna. Geography Motu Tevairoa is the second largest island in the Bora Bora group. Histor ...

, Motu Tane, Motu Mute, Motu Tufari, Motu Tehotu, Motu Pitiaau, Sofitel Motu, Motu Toopua, and Toopuaiti.

Climate

Bora-Bora has a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...

(

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''Am''). The average annual temperature in Bora-Bora is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in March, at around , and lowest in August, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Bora-Bora was on 11 November 1996; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 10 July 1983.

Administration

The commune is in the administrative subdivision of the Leeward Islands and consists of the following associated communes: * Anau * Faanui * Nunue The administrative center of the commune is the settlement of Vaitape,Décret n°72-407 du 17 mai 1972 portant création de communes dans le territoire de la Polynésie française
Légifrance on the island of

. Gaston Tong Sang is the current mayor of Bora Bora.

References

Communes of French Polynesia {{FrenchPolynesia-geo-stub