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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Places of Interest

Highlights include Firth School and Matamata College.

School
Matamata is a town in , . It is located near the base of the Kaimai Ranges, and is a thriving farming area known for Thoroughbred horse breeding and training pursuits.

School
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is a co-educational state secondary school located in Matamata, New Zealand.

Matamata

Latitude
-37.8096° or 37° 48′ 34″ south
Longitude
175.7733° or 175° 46′ 24″ east
Population
8,570
Elevation
67 metres (220 feet)
IATA airport code
MTA
United Nations Location Code
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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Matamata”. Photo: missrogue, CC BY-SA 2.0.