Paroa
Paroa is a settlement on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, just south of Greymouth. State Highway 6 and the Hokitika Branch railway both run through Paroa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bob, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Quarter
- Description: locality in Grey District, West Coast Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Paroa, West Coast”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karoro and Wharemoa.
Karoro
Quarter
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Karoro is a suburb to the south-west of Greymouth on the West Coast of New Zealand. Karoro is situated 4½ km north of Paroa.
Wharemoa
Quarter
Photo: Giantflightlessbirds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wharemoa is a southeastern suburb of Greymouth on the West Coast of New Zealand. Marsden Road is a major road running through the suburb. Sawyers Creek runs northwest through the suburb to join the Grey River / Māwheranui near its mouth on the Tasman Sea. Wharemoa is situated 6 km northeast of Paroa.
Blaketown
Quarter
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Blaketown is a suburb to the west of Greymouth on the West Coast of New Zealand. The Grey River separates Blaketown from Cobden, and the Blaketown Lagoon separates it from the centre of Greymouth. Blaketown is situated 8 km north of Paroa.
Paroa
- Category: locality
- Location: Grey District, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-42.51406° or 42° 30′ 51″ southLongitude
171.16535° or 171° 9′ 55″ eastElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
4V9HF5P8+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 1633783560OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Paroa” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Paroa, West Coast”
- Malay: “Paroa, Pantai Barat”
- Malay: “Paroa”
- Maori: “Paroa”
- Turkish: “Paroa”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Paroa”. Photo: Bob, CC BY-SA 2.0.