Fatu-Hiva a "H" is not pronounced, see realize section below is a southernmost island of the Marquesas Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. With Motu Nao as its closest neighbor, it is for also the most isolated of the inhabited islands.
Fatu Hiva is also the denomination of a book by explorer in addition to archaeologist Thor Heyerdahl, in which he describes his conduct the island in the 1930s.
Politically, the island belongs to French Polynesia Pays d'outre-mer - POM and is therefore affiliated with the European Union. this is the administered by a subdivision Subdivision administrative des Îles Marquises of the High Commissariat of the Republic in French Polynesia Haut-commissariat de la République en Polynésie française based in Papeete. Fatu Hiva forms an self-employed person municipality Commune de Fatu Hiva with 636 inhabitants 2012, the population density is about 7 inhabitants/km2.
The official language is French. The main town and administrative center is the village of Omoa, on the west coast, with about 250 inhabitants.