Matamata

Matamata is a town in the region of the North Island of . It is one of the main departure points for the Hobbiton Movie Set, which is out in the countryside.
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  • Town with about 8,460 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 60 metres (210 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code MTA
  • …is also known as “Matamata, New Zealand”
  • Description: town in New Zealand

Places of Interest

Highlights include Firth School and Matamata College.
School
Matamata is a town in , .
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School
is a co-educational secondary school located in Matamata, New Zealand.

Matamata

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Latitude
-37.8096° or 37° 48′ 34″ south
Longitude
175.7733° or 175° 46′ 24″ east
UN/LOCODE
NZ MTA
Open location code
4VJQ5QRF+58
Open­Street­Map ID
node 804395405
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6235764
Wiki­data ID
Q691739

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Matamata” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطماطة”
  • Arabic: “مطماطه (نيوزيلندا)”
  • Aragonese: “Matamata”
  • Asturian: “Matamata”
  • Basque: “Matamata”
  • Bavarian: “Matamata”
  • Catalan: “Matamata”
  • Cebuano: “Matamata”
  • Chinese: “馬塔馬塔”
  • Dutch: “Matamata”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطماطه”
  • Estonian: “Matamata”
  • Finnish: “Matamata (kaupunki)”
  • Finnish: “Matamata”
  • French: “Matamata”
  • German: “Matamata”
  • Hebrew: “מטמטה”
  • Italian: “Matamata”
  • Japanese: “マタマタ、ニュージーランド”
  • Japanese: “マタマタ”
  • Kazakh: “Матамата”
  • Malay: “Matamata”
  • Maori: “Matamata”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Matamata”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Matamata”
  • Norwegian: “Matamata”
  • Polish: “Matamata”
  • Russian: “Матамата”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Matamata”
  • Serbian: “Matamata”
  • Serbian: “Матамата”
  • Spanish: “Matamata”
  • Swedish: “Matamata”
  • Turkish: “Matamata”
  • Urdu: “ماتمتا”

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