Manawatu
The Manawatu is an area of the lower North Island of New Zealand. It is centred on the city of Palmerston North and a broad flat river plain, much of which has been formed by the mighty Manawatu river, one of the few rivers in the world to bisect a mountain range.
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Manawatu
- Type: district of New Zealand with 33,900 residents
- Description: territorial authority district in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
- Also known as: “distretto di Manawatu” and “Manawatū District”
- Neighbors: Palmerston North
- Location: Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude of center
-40.1198° or 40° 7′ 11″ south
Longitude of center
175.6743° or 175° 40′ 27″ east
Population
33,900
Elevation
199 metres (653 feet)
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Manawatu” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Manawatu District”
- Czech: “Manawatu District”
- French: “District de Manawatu”
- French: “Manawatu”
- German: “Manawatu District”
- Italian: “distretto di Manawatū”
- Italian: “Distretto di Manawatū”
- Malay: “Daerah Manawatu”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Manawatu District”
- Portuguese: “Distrito de Manawatu”
- Slovenian: “Manawatu”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Manawatu”
- Urdu: “مناواٹو ضلع”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع ماناواٹو”
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