Tapanui

Tapanui is a small town in West Otago in 's , close to the boundary with Southland region. It is a forestry town at the foot of the Blue Mountains and the .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kelso.

Locality
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is a former town in , New Zealand, located ten kilometres north of Tapanui on the Crookston Burn, close to its junction with the larger . The town was abandoned in the 1980s after two large floods inundated the settlement. is situated 4½ km northwest of Tapanui.

Tapanui

Latitude
-45.94252° or 45° 56′ 33″ south
Longitude
169.26195° or 169° 15′ 43″ east
Population
789
Elevation
178 metres (584 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NZ TAP
Open location code
4V6F3746+XQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 174949704
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6208495
Wiki­data ID
Q2393530
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Tapanui” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Tapanui”
  • Cebuano: “Tapanui”
  • Dutch: “Tapanui”
  • French: “Tapanui”
  • German: “Tapanui”
  • Korean: “타파누이”
  • Malay: “Tapanui”
  • Polish: “Tapanui”
  • Turkish: “Tapanui”
  • Urdu: “ٹاپانوئی”

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