Gore

Gore is a town of 8,200 people in the region of that is known as the world's capital of brown trout fishing, and New Zealand's capital of country music. It is on State Highway 1 about an hour's drive from .
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  • Type: Town with 8,250 residents
  • Description: town in New Zealand’s Southland region
  • Also known as: “Gore, New Zealand”, “Гор (Новая Зеландыя)”, and “ゴア”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: St Peter’s College.

School
St Peters College is an integrated state secondary school in Gore, , New Zealand.

Gore

Latitude
-46.0984° or 46° 5′ 54″ south
Longitude
168.9448° or 168° 56′ 41″ east
Population
8,250
Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)
UN/LOCODE
NZ GOR
Open location code
4V5CWW2V+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 976301400
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6201424
Wiki­data ID
Q597409
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Gore” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Gore”
  • Belarusian: “Гор”
  • Catalan: “Gore”
  • Cebuano: “Gore”
  • Dutch: “Gore”
  • French: “Gore”
  • German: “Gore”
  • Hebrew: “גור, ניו זילנד”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Gore”
  • Italian: “Gore”
  • Japanese: “ゴア (ニュージーランド)”
  • Korean: “고어”
  • Malay: “Gore, New Zealand”
  • Maori: “Maruawai”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gore på New Zealand”
  • Polish: “Gore”
  • Russian: “Гор”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gore, Sealainn Nuadh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gore”
  • Slovenian: “Gore, Nova Zelandija”
  • Spanish: “Gore”
  • Swedish: “Gore”
  • Turkish: “Gore”
  • Urdu: “گور، نیوزی لینڈ”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع گور”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Jacobs Town and West Gore.

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Worth a closer look: Fiordland National Park and Invercargill.

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