Horopito
Horopito is a locality in the North Island of New Zealand. It lies on State Highway 4 between the village of National Park and the town of Raetihi. In the early days Horopito was a bustling sawmilling town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Manawatu-Whanganui area
- Also known as: “Horopito, New Zealand”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pokaka and Ohakune.
Pokaka
Hamlet
Pokaka is a locality 12 km south of the village National Park in Ruapehu District, Manawatū-Whanganui region, the Central North Island of New Zealand. Pokaka is located inside the Tongariro National Park. Pokaka is situated 6 km north of Horopito.
Ohakune
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ohakune is a town of 1,400 people in the Ruapehu district of the central North Island of New Zealand, adjacent to Tongariro National Park.
Horopito
- Categories: ghost town and locality
- Location: Ruapehu District, Manawatū–Whanganui, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-39.34366° or 39° 20′ 37″ southLongitude
175.3748° or 175° 22′ 29″ eastElevation
759 metres (2,490 feet)Named after
Pseudowintera colorataOpen location code
4VGQM94F+GWOpenStreetMap ID
node 1578912604OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2189777Wikidata ID
Q5904873
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Horopito” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Horopito, New Zealand”
- French: “Horopito”
- Maori: “Horopito”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Horopito”
- Turkish: “Horopito”
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