Otago

Otago is a region of the of whose hilly country and sheltered valleys produce a variety of climates and some spectacular scenery. This article covers the coastal areas and Central Otago.
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, called Ōtepoti in Māori, is the main city of the Otago region and the second-largest city of the South Island of . Archaeological evidence shows Māori hunters have stayed in the area from about 1280.

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is a deep water fishing and cargo port for , one of the main ports for the South Island of , in the Otago region. It is visited by several cruise ships each summer. In 2021, it was home to 1,500 people.

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is a town in North Otago, , with beautiful Victorian buildings crafted from the fine, white local limestone, and colonies of penguins.

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is a town in the Central Otago district of the Otago region of New Zealand. It is on the banks of the Clutha River, on State Highway 8, 188 km by road from Dunedin and 33 km south of Cromwell. It has a population of 6,150 as of June 2024.

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, originally known as "The Junction", is a town in central Otago, . It sits right at the confluence of the Clutha and Kawarau Rivers, on the .

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is a town in the Central Otago District of Otago, New Zealand. is well known for its Art Deco buildings, such as its hotel and the milk bar.

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The little town of is north of Balclutha and about 50km south of in Otago, .

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is in Otago, , 25 km north of , 25 km south of Palmerston, and 350 km south of . The area's small towns and villages of Waitati, Warrington, Seacliff, Evansdale and Doctors Point attract lifestyle-commuter types who work in the city and alternative dudes who want to do their own thing.

Otago

Latitude of center
-45.2639° or 45° 15′ 50″ south
Longitude of center
169.535° or 169° 32′ 6″ east
Population
254,000
Elevation
516 metres (1,693 feet)
Geo­Names ID
6612109
Wiki­data ID
Q692912
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Armenian—“Otago” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኦታጎ”
  • Arabic: “أوتاغو”
  • Aragonese: “Otago”
  • Armenian: “Օտագոյի շրջան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Otaqo”
  • Basque: “Otago eskualdea”
  • Bengali: “ওটাগো অঞ্চল”
  • Breton: “Otago”
  • Bulgarian: “Отаго”
  • Catalan: “Otago”
  • Catalan: “Regió d’Otago”
  • Cebuano: “Otago”
  • Chinese: “奥塔哥”
  • Chinese: “奥塔哥地区”
  • Chinese: “奥塔哥大区”
  • Chinese: “奥塔戈”
  • Chinese: “奧塔哥”
  • Chinese: “奧塔哥大區”
  • Czech: “Otago”
  • Danish: “Otago Region”
  • Dutch: “Otago”
  • Esperanto: “Otago”
  • Estonian: “Otago piirkond”
  • Finnish: “Otago”
  • French: “Otago”
  • French: “région d’Otago”
  • French: “South Otago”
  • Galician: “Otago”
  • Galician: “Rexión de Otago”
  • Georgian: “ოტაგოს რეგიონი”
  • German: “NZ-OTA”
  • German: “Otago”
  • Greek: “Oτάγκο”
  • Gujarati: “ઑટાગો પ્રદેશ”
  • Hausa: “Otago”
  • Hebrew: “אוטאגו”
  • Hebrew: “אוטגו”
  • Hindi: “ओटागो क्षेत्र”
  • Hungarian: “Otago régió”
  • Indonesian: “Otago”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Otago”
  • Italian: “Otago”
  • Japanese: “オタゴ”
  • Japanese: “オタゴ地方”
  • Javanese: “Otago”
  • Kannada: “ಒಟಾಗೋ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kazakh: “Отаго (аймақ)”
  • Kazakh: “Отаго”
  • Kirghiz: “Отаго”
  • Korean: “오타고 지방”
  • Korean: “오타고”
  • Latvian: “Otago reģions”
  • Latvian: “Otago”
  • Lithuanian: “Otagas”
  • Lithuanian: “Otago regionas”
  • Macedonian: “Отаго”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Otago”
  • Maori: “Ōtākou”
  • Maori: “Takiwā o Ō Tākou”
  • Marathi: “ओटॅगो प्रदेश”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “جيهة أوطاݣو”
  • Northern Frisian: “Otago”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Otago”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Otago”
  • Norwegian: “Otago”
  • Oromo: “Otago”
  • Panjabi: “ਓਟਾਗੋ”
  • Persian: “اوتاگو”
  • Polish: “Otago”
  • Portuguese: “Otago”
  • Pushto: “اوتاګو”
  • Romanian: “North Otago”
  • Romanian: “Otago”
  • Russian: “Отаго”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Otago Region”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Otago”
  • Sinhala: “ඔටාගෝ කලාපය, නවසීලන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “ඔටාගෝ කලාපය”
  • Slovenian: “NZ-OTA”
  • Slovenian: “Otago”
  • Somali: “Otago”
  • Spanish: “Otago”
  • Spanish: “Región de Otago”
  • Swahili: “Otago”
  • Swedish: “Otago”
  • Tajik: “Отаго”
  • Tamil: “ஒடாகோ பகுதி”
  • Tamil: “ஒடாகோ”
  • Tatar: “Отаго”
  • Telugu: “ఓటాగో ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “เขตโอทาโก”
  • Turkish: “Otago Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Otago”
  • Ukrainian: “Отаго”
  • Urdu: “اوٹاگو”
  • Uzbek: “Otago”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Otago”
  • Welsh: “Otago”
  • Western Armenian: “Օթակոյի շրջան”

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