Takaka
Takaka is the largest town and hub of Golden Bay, in the northwest corner of the South Island of New Zealand. Agriculture and tourism are the main industries in Golden Bay, so the economy is fairly seasonal.
- Type: Town with 1,380 residents
- Description: town in Tasman District, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Tākaka”, “Takaka Town District”, and “Такака, Новая Зеландия”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Takaka Memorial Library and Golden Bay High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waitapu and Motupipi.
Motupipi
Hamlet
Motupipi is a settlement in the Tasman District of New… Motupipi is situated 3½ km east of Takaka.
Takaka
- Category: locality
- Location: Tasman District, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
UN/LOCODE
NZ KTF
Open location code
4VFJ4RV4+2F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Takaka” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Takaka”
- Cebuano: “Takaka”
- Danish: “Tākaka”
- Dutch: “Takaka, New Zealand”
- French: “Takaka”
- German: “Takaka”
- German: “Tākaka”
- Italian: “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”
- Turkish: “Tākaka”
- Urdu: “ٹاکاکا”
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