Turua

Turua is a small village community on the banks of the Waihou River in the Hauraki Plains in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located close to the mouth of the river, 9 kilometres south of the Firth of Thames and 12 km south of Thames.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hauraki Plains and Matatoki.

Hauraki Plains

Locality

The Hauraki Plains are a geographical area located in the northern North Island of New Zealand, at the lower end of the Thames Valley. They are located 75 kilometres south-east of Auckland, at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula and occupy the southern… Hauraki Plains is situated 5 km southwest of Turua.

Matatoki

Hamlet

Photo: Gadfium, CC0.

Matatoki is a locality on the Hauraki Plains of New Zealand. It lies on State Highway 26, south east of Thames and north of Paeroa. The Matatoki Stream runs from the Coromandel Range through the area to join the Waihou River. Matatoki is situated 5 km northeast of Turua.

Kopuarahi

Locality

Kopuarahi is a rural settlement and farming community in the Hauraki District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The settlement is located on the outskirts of Thames, between Pipiroa and Kopu, on State Highway 25. Kopuarahi is situated 6 km northwest of Turua.

Turua

Type: Village with 381 residents
Description: locality in New Zealand
Category: locality
Location: Hauraki District, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.241° or 37° 14′ 28″ south

Longitude

175.56589° or 175° 33′ 57″ east

Population

381

Elevation

2 metres (7 feet)

Open location code

4VJQQH58+H9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1446745238

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2180699

Wikidata ID

Q7856498

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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Turkish—“Turua” goes by many names.

Bavarian: “Turua”
Dutch: “Turua”
French: “Turea”
French: “Turua”
German: “Turua”
Irish: “Turua”
Maori: “Turua”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Turua”
Polish: “Turua”
Spanish: “Turua”
Turkish: “Turua”

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