Waiouru
Waiouru is a small town in the Ruapehu District, in New Zealand's Manawatū-Whanganui region. It is located on the south-eastern North Island Volcanic Plateau, 130 km north of Palmerston North and 25 kilometres south-east of Mount Ruapehu.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 765 residents
- Description: town in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Warouru”
Places of Interest
Highlights: National Army Museum and Waiouru Military Camp.
National Army Museum
Museum
Photo: Stagking, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tangiwai.
Tangiwai
Locality
Waiouru
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-39.47842° or 39° 28′ 42″ south
Longitude
175.66854° or 175° 40′ 7″ east
Population
765
Elevation
819 metres (2,687 feet)
UN/LOCODE
NZ WAO
Open location code
4VGQGMC9+JC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Waiouru” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Waiouru”
- Catalan: “Waiouru”
- Cebuano: “Waiouru”
- Chinese: “懷歐魯”
- Dutch: “Waiouru”
- French: “Waiouru”
- German: “Waiouru”
- Japanese: “ワイオウル”
- Malay: “Waiouru”
- Maori: “Waiouru”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Waiouru”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Waiouru”
- Norwegian: “Waiouru”
- Polish: “Waiouru”
- Portuguese: “Waiouru”
- Swedish: “Waiouru”
- Turkish: “Waiouru”
- Urdu: “وایورو”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Irirangi and Raketapauma Pa.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Waiouru Police Station and Centurion.
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