Upokongaro
Upokongaro or Ūpokongaro is a settlement adjacent to the Whanganui River, located 12 kilometres upriver from Whanganui, New Zealand, in the Makirikiri Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: locality in Whanganui District, Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Ūpokongaro”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaiwhaiki and Aramoho.
Kaiwhaiki
Hamlet
Kaiwhaiki is a settlement 18 kilometres upriver from Whanganui, New Zealand. Kaiwhaiki in the 1840s was a small pā of a two to three dozen people. In Ronaldson's 1847 survey, the inhabitants were noted as being of the hapū Ngāti Rongomaitawhiri. Kaiwhaiki is situated 4½ km northwest of Upokongaro.
Aramoho
Suburb
Aramoho is a settlement on the Whanganui River, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is an outlying suburb of Whanganui. Aramoho is situated 6 km southwest of Upokongaro.
Okoia
Hamlet
Okoia is a small rural community approximately 5 km east of Whanganui, New Zealand. It is centred on the Okoia Primary School and village. The area is predominantly subject to sheep and beef pastoral farming, but in recent years some farms have been divided into lifestyle blocks. Okoia is situated 7 km south of Upokongaro.
Upokongaro
- Category: locality
- Location: Whanganui, Manawatū–Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-39.86683° or 39° 52′ 1″ southLongitude
175.11388° or 175° 6′ 50″ eastElevation
86 metres (282 feet)Open location code
4VGQ44M7+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 2242730863OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Upokongaro” goes by many names.
- French: “Upokongaro”
- Japanese: “ウポコンガロ”
- Maori: “Upokongaro”
- Turkish: “Upokongaro”
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