What is Tahiti?
{{Infobox islands | name = Tahiti | image_name = Flag of Tahiti.svg | image_caption = [[Flag of French Polynesia#Windward Islands|Flag of Tahiti]] | image_size = | map_image = Karta FP Societe isl.PNG | map_caption = | native_name = | native_name_link = Tahitian language | nickname = | location = Pacific Ocean | coordinates = {{Coord|17|40|S|149|25|W|type:isle_scale:250000_region:PF|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = [[Society Islands]] | total_islands = | major_islands = Tahiti | area_km2 = 1044 | highest_mount = [[Mont Orohena]] | elevation_m = 2241 | country = France | country_admin_divisions_title = [[Overseas collectivity]]<!--Officially an overseas collectivity--> | country_admin_divisions = [[French Polynesia]] | country_largest_city = [[Papeete]] | country_largest_city_population = 136,777<!--population of Papeete's urban area--> | population = 189,517<ref name=pop2017>{{cite web |url = http://www.ispf.pf/docs/default-source/rp2017/d%C3%A9cret_2017-1681_r%C3%A9sultats_rp_pf_2017.pdf?sfvrsn=0 |title = Décret n° 2017-1681 du 13 décembre 2017 authentifiant les résultats du recensement de la population 2017 de Polynésie française |publisher = Journal officiel de la République française |access-date = 2 January 2018 |archive-date = 3 January 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180103011658/http://www.ispf.pf/docs/default-source/rp2017/d%C3%A9cret_2017-1681_r%C3%A9sultats_rp_pf_2017.pdf?sfvrsn=0 |url-status = dead }}</ref> | population_as_of = August 2017 census | density_km2 = 181 | ethnic_groups = [[Tahitians]] | additional_info = }} '''Tahiti''' is an [[island]] in the southern [[Pacific Ocean]]. It is part of the [[French Polynesia]]. [[Papeete]] is the capital and largest city. Other major cities are Faaa and Mahina. About 169 674 people live there ([[2002]]). T