Tawa

Tawa is the northernmost suburb within the city boundary, located roughly 15 km north of Wellington's CBD between and in the of .
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  • Type: Suburb with 9,650 residents
  • Description: suburb of Wellington, New Zealand
  • Also known as: Tawa Flat”, “Tawa Flat Town District”, and “Tawa, New Zealand
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tawa railway station and Redwood railway station.

Railway station
, originally called Tawa Flat, is on the North Island Main Trunk Railway and is part of the suburban rail network of , .

Railway station
on the suburban rail network of , , is on the North Island Main Trunk Railway. Opening in late 1963, it is double tracked with staggered side platforms; the up platform is on the north side of the Tawa Street level crossing, the down platform on the south.

Railway station
is located on the North Island Main Trunk Railway in , and is part of the suburban rail network of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Redwood and Linden.

Quarter
is a subdivision of Tawa, the northernmost suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. lies at the southern end of Tawa, to the west of the Tawa Main Road and the North Island Main Trunk Railway.

Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a subdivision of Tawa, the northernmost suburb of , . lies at the northern end of Tawa, just south of the city of .

Suburb
is a primarily industrial suburb of the city of in . It lies immediately southwest of the Porirua city centre. Community Hospital, the main hospital complex for Porirua, is located here.

Tawa

Latitude
-41.16817° or 41° 10′ 5″ south
Longitude
174.82478° or 174° 49′ 29″ east
Population
9,650
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Open location code
4VCPRRJF+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 206110974
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2181688
Wiki­data ID
Q1624406
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Tawa” goes by many names.

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Highlights include Tawa New Life Church and Tawa Samoan Assembly of God.

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