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New Zealand
Tasman District

Takaka

Takaka is the largest town and hub of , in the northwest corner of the of . Agriculture and tourism are the main industries in Golden Bay, so the economy is fairly seasonal.
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  • Type: Town with 1,380 residents
  • Description: locality in Tasman District, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Tākaka”, “Takaka Town District”, and “Takaka, New Zealand”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Takaka Memorial Library and Golden Bay High School.

Library
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 3.0.

School
Photo: Wildman NZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a secondary school in Tākaka, New Zealand. It is one of two secondary schools in ; the other one is the in .

Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small in New Zealand's . It is in Tākaka just off State Highway 60. Previously used for swimming, it is now polluted due to nutrient runoff.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waitapu and Motupipi.

Locality
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a locality.

Hamlet
is a settlement in the of New Zealand's upper , located at the mouth of the east of Tākaka. The name translates as the island or bush with pipi shellfish, referring to the pipi which are found on the beach. is situated 3½ km east of Takaka.

Takaka

Latitude
-40.8575° or 40° 51′ 27″ south
Longitude
172.8062° or 172° 48′ 23″ east
Population
1,380
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
IATA airport code
KTF
United Nations Location Code
NZ KTF
Open location code
4VFJ4RV4+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 384968251
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2181997
Wiki­data ID
Q151841
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Satellite Map

Discover Takaka from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Takaka” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Takaka”
  • Cebuano: “Takaka”
  • Danish: “Tākaka”
  • Dutch: “Takaka, New Zealand”
  • French: “Takaka”
  • German: “Takaka”
  • German: “Tākaka”
  • Japanese: “タカカ (ニュージーランド)”
  • Japanese: “タカカ”
  • Malay: “Takaka, New Zealand”
  • Maori: “Tākaka”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Takaka på New Zealand”
  • Polish: “Takaka”
  • Russian: “Такака, Новая Зеландия”
  • Russian: “Такака”
  • Turkish: “Tākaka”

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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 “Takaka”. Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY 3.0.