Tapu
Tapu is a locality on the western side of the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand. State Highway 25 runs through it. Coromandel is 35 km to the north, and Thames is 19 km to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 249 residents
- Description: locality in Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Tapu, New Zealand”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Te Mata and Waiomu.
Te Mata
Hamlet
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
Te Mata is a small village on the western coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, located approximately halfway between Coromandel Town and Thames.
Waiomu
Village
Waiomu is a settlement on the west coast of the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand, between Tapu to the north and Te Puru to the south. State Highway 25 runs through it. Waiomu is situated 5 km south of Tapu.
Te Puru
Village
Te Puru is a locality on the western side of the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand. State Highway 25 runs through it. Tapu lies about 7 km to the north, and Thames is about 12 km to the south. Te Puru is situated 7 km south of Tapu.
Tapu
- Category: locality
- Location: Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-36.98471° or 36° 59′ 5″ southLongitude
175.50161° or 175° 30′ 6″ eastPopulation
249Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
4VMQ2G82+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 248757398OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2181904Wikidata ID
Q7684847
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Tapu” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Tapu, New Zealand”
- French: “Tapu”
- Malay: “Tapu, New Zealand”
- Maori: “Tapu”
- Polish: “Tapu”
- Turkish: “Tapu”
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